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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flippie Digity (ranked 5246 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Borodin (ranked 5198 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasiliy Borodin looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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225 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flippie Digity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vasiliy Borodin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Digity.
Borodin is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A right-left combo lands from Borodin.
Digity closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Borodin did well to prevent Digity getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Digity lands a nice short elbow.
Digity sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Borodin defending well though.
Borodin wants to control but Digity is keeping busy.
Borodin looks winded!
Borodin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Digity.
Digity not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Digity throwing shots but Borodin is blocking nicely.
Digity throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Borodin is not content to let Digity control the position.
Digity stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borodin tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Borodin moves in looking to clinch but Digity pushes him off.
Digity changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Borodin tries to avoid it but Digity manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Borodin to the ground. Borodin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Digity shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Borodin defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flippie Digity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Digity shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Borodin but Borodin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Borodin is looking for the big counter here.
Digity instigates a clinch.
Borodin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Digity is defending well for now.
Digity wants a takedown but no success here.
Digity goes for a takedown in the clinch but Borodin prevents it.
Borodin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borodin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Digity backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Borodin.
Borodin working Digity over with knees to the body.
Borodin landing knees to the body.
Digity could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Borodin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Borodin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borodin lands a knee to the body.
Borodin scores a nice knee to the body.
Borodin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Borodin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digity wants a takedown but no success here.
Borodin lands a good knee to the midsection. Digity won't want to take too many of those.
Borodin lands with a right to the head.
Borodin lands a shoulder strike.
Borodin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Borodin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Borodin digs a right hand into Digity's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Digity's gas tank.
Borodin lands a knee to the body.
Borodin crunches a lovely knee into Digity's ribcage.
Borodin lands a damaging elbow.
Borodin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Digity takes a knee to the side of the body.
Borodin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Borodin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Digity lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borodin lands a nice elbow.
Borodin landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Borodin obliges.
Borodin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borodin working Digity over with knees to the body.
Borodin struggles to land a body shot inside as Digity controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasiliy Borodin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Digity fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Borodin tries to close the distance and clinch but Digity swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Digity avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Digity. Borodin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Digity fails with a takedown attempt.
Digity fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flippie Digity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borodin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borodin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Digity scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Borodin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Digity wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Borodin can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Digity throws an elbow but Borodin slips to the side and avoids it well.
Digity sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Borodin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Digity working the ground and pound but Borodin is defending the strikes.
Digity throws a strike aimed at the side of Borodin's head but Borodin avoids it well.
Borodin has one of Digity's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Digity tries to score with some ground and pound. Borodin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Digity stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Borodin tries to clinch but Digity moves out of range.
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.
Digity looking to score a takedown here. Borodin is defending well but Digity drives through and ends up in Borodin's guard.
Borodin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Digity. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Digity trying to control but Borodin is working from the bottom.
Digity is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Borodin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Borodin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Digity postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Digity trying to control but Borodin is working from the bottom.
Flippie Digity overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Digity throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Digity loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digity tries for a takedown but Borodin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Digity shoots in and drives through. Borodin sprawls well.
Borodin closes the distance and clinches.
Borodin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Digity.
Borodin lands a knee to the head.
Borodin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Digity lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasiliy Borodin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Borodin prevents the takedown attempt.
Borodin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Borodin crunches a lovely knee into Digity's ribcage.
Borodin scores with a knee to the head.
Digity is working for takedown but Borodin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Borodin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borodin stalls.
Borodin landing knees to the body.
Borodin prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Borodin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borodin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Borodin presses Digity against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Borodin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Borodin is leaning against Digity and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Borodin with a knee to the head.
Digity tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasiliy Borodin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Borodin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Digity shoots for a takedown but Borodin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Borodin unleashes a big counter combination but Digity bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Borodin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Borodin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Digity is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Borodin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flippie Digity. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Digity tries for a takedown but Borodin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vasiliy Borodin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Digity darts in looking for a takedown but Borodin gets double underhooks and turns Digity into the cage.
Borodin lands a high kick!
Digity takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Digity instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Borodin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Borodin lands a nice shot to the body.
Borodin prevents the takedown attempt.
Digity takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borodin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Digity lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Borodin lands a shot to the body.
Borodin lands a damaging elbow.
Borodin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Digity tries to pull guard but Borodin won't allow it.
Borodin lands a nice knee to the body.
Digity takes a knee to the side of the body.
Borodin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Digity lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Borodin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Borodin breaks from the clinch.
Digity looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Borodin is fending him off so far but Digity persists. Nope, Borodin circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borodin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Digity.
Digity is trying hard to land a takedown here. Borodin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Borodin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Digity drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Digity wants to lay and pray for a moment but Borodin keeps working.
Digity tries for a kimura but Borodin is defending well.
Digity 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.
Digity lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borodin regains half guard, as Digity was trying to land strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Digity is just content to waste time from the top position. Borodin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Digity lands a couple of elbows.
Digity working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Borodin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Digity decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Borodin, up you get!
Digity closes this distance looking for a takedown but Borodin circles away.
Borodin takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borodin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Borodin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Digity is trying to drag Borodin to the mat but Borodin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Flippie Digity has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borodin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Digity's face.
Digity looking for a takedown.
Borodin with a knee to the head.
Vasiliy Borodin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Digity goes for a takedown attempt but Borodin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vasiliy Borodin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Borodin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasiliy Borodin!
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energy
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RATING
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