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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Starker (ranked 2957 p4p, 105 weight class) and Aleksey Borodin (ranked 3420 p4p, 115 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Starker might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Catrin O'Neill - Ar Lan Y Mor. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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265 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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288 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Starker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksey Borodin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borodin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Paul Starker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starker rushes Borodin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borodin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Borodin blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Borodin.
Starker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Starker lands a left hand.
Borodin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Starker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Starker.
Starker throws an elbow that misses.
Starker throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starker.
Borodin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Borodin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Starker lands an elbow that stopped Borodin in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Aleksey Borodin has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Starker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Starker blocking some punches.
Starker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borodin lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borodin lands a hook that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Starker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Borodin takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Aleksey Borodin's cut even more.
Good body shot from Borodin.
Borodin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Borodin scores with a hook to the body.
Starker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borodin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Borodin tries to work over Starker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Starker blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Starker fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Starker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borodin.
Starker working aggressively here.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike from Starker.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Borodin avoids the elbow strike from Starker, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borodin.
Borodin blocks the elbow strike.
Borodin misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borodin.
Starker throws an elbow but it misses.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike.
Borodin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Borodin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike from Starker.
Starker misses with the head strike.
Borodin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike from Starker.
Borodin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Borodin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Borodin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Starker misses with some punches.
Borodin presses Starker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Starker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Borodin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Borodin blocks the elbow strike.
Borodin lands a hook that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Starker misses with an elbow over the top.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike.
Starker looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borodin misses with the head strike.
Borodin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Starker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Starker throws an elbow but it misses.
Borodin avoids a wild elbow strike from Starker.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Borodin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Starker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borodin pushes Starker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Borodin lands a left hand.
Starker misses with an elbow strike.
Starker lands a damaging elbow.
Borodin throws a punch but it's blocked by Starker.
Borodin blocks the elbow strike.
Borodin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Starker backwards.
Starker throws an elbow that misses.
Starker lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borodin avoids the elbow strike from Starker, against the cage.
A short right from Borodin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borodin swings wildly with an uppercut but Starker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starker.
Borodin has a couple of punches blocked by Starker.
Starker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Starker fails to land.
Borodin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Starker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borodin misses with a punch on the inside.
Borodin dodges an elbow strike from Starker.
Starker misses with the head strike.
Borodin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Starker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Borodin dodges an elbow strike from Starker.
Starker throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Borodin misses with a punch on the inside.
Borodin avoids the elbow strike from Starker, against the cage.
Borodin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Borodin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Starkers head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aleksey Borodin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aleksey Borodin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Starker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Starker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borodin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Starker needs to keep his hands up - Borodin had a free shot at his head there.
Starker pushes Borodin up against the cage in a clinch.
Starker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Starker pushes off an throws an elbow but Borodin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Starker scores with a shot to the side of Borodin's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borodin.
Starker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borodin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Borodin avoids the elbow strike from Starker, against the cage.
Starker gets through Borodin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Paul Starker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Borodin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Borodin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starker pushes off an throws an elbow but Borodin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Starker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Borodin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borodin avoids the elbow strike from Starker, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starker throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starker.
Starker blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Borodin.
Starker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Starker pushes off an throws an elbow but Borodin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Borodin on the inside.
Borodin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Starker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Starker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Borodin fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Starker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borodin's brow.
Starker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Borodin swings wildly with an uppercut but Starker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Starker blocking some punches.
Borodin scores with a shot to the side of Starker's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starker lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starker throws an elbow but misses.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike.
Starker working aggressively here.
Borodin blocks an uppercut.
Borodin blocks an elbow strike.
Starker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Starker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Aleksey Borodin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Borodin misses with a punch on the inside.
Starker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aleksey Borodin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Starker!
Paul Starker decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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