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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zlatan Muslimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Borden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muslimovic comes to the cage accompanied by SIX. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zlatan Muslimovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Borden!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muslimovic misses with a head kick.
Borden misses with a few strikes there.
Borden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Borden moves into the clinch.
Borden trying to stall but Muslimovic improves his position.
Borden blocks an elbow strike from Muslimovic.
Borden avoids the elbow strike from Muslimovic, against the cage.
Borden manages to pull guard.
Borden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Borden throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borden is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Borden is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Borden is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Borden wants to sweep but no luck.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Borden fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Muslimovic lands with a kick to the temple. Borden shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Muslimovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Muslimovic.
Borden tries to bum rush Muslimovic with a series of wild strikes but Muslimovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muslimovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Borden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Borden is looking to clinch but Muslimovic is avoiding it.
Borden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muslimovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muslimovic closes the distance and pushes Borden back into the cage.
Muslimovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Borden blocks an elbow strike.
Borden tries to pull guard but Muslimovic won't allow it.
Muslimovic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borden blocks an elbow strike from Muslimovic.
Nice elbow from Muslimovic.
Muslimovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Borden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Muslimovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zlatan Muslimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Borden.
Borden avoids a wild elbow strike from Muslimovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borden blocks an elbow strike from Muslimovic.
Borden taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Muslimovic.
Muslimovic lands an elbow just above Borden 's eye.
Borden looking for a takedown.
Borden looks gassed!
Muslimovic is pressed up against the cage. Borden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Muslimovic down to the mat. Muslimovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Muslimovic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Borden will feel that in the morning.
Muslimovic thumps Borden with a low kick.
Borden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Muslimovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Muslimovic pushes Borden up against the cage in a clinch.
Muslimovic lands a nice elbow.
Borden blocks the elbow strike.
Muslimovic throws an elbow that misses.
Borden is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Muslimovic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Muslimovic lands an elbow that stopped Borden in his tracks for a moment.
Borden blocks the elbow strike.
Muslimovic lands an elbow that stopped Borden in his tracks for a moment.
Muslimovic lands a knee to the head.
Muslimovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Borden avoids a wild elbow strike from Muslimovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muslimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Borden's face.
Muslimovic lands a nice elbow.
Muslimovic lands a damaging elbow.
Muslimovic lands an elbow just above Borden 's eye.
Muslimovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Muslimovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Borden avoids a wild elbow strike from Muslimovic.
Muslimovic lands an elbow just above Borden 's eye.
Borden throws an elbow but it misses.
Borden blocks an elbow strike.
Muslimovic lands an elbow inside that Borden shrugs off.
Borden jumps guard but Muslimovic stands there with Borden around his waist. Borden gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Muslimovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Muslimovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muslimovic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borden slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borden avoids the elbow strike from Muslimovic, against the cage.
Muslimovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Muslimovic misses with an elbow strike.
Muslimovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muslimovic misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zlatan Muslimovic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Borden keeps the fight on the outside.
Borden shoots in for a double leg but Muslimovic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Borden shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Muslimovic closes the distance and clinches.
Borden pulls guard.
Muslimovic wants to control from the top but Borden keeps moving.
Borden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muslimovic wants to pass the guard but Borden is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muslimovic wanted to stand there but Borden had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borden looking for a sweep. Not yet Borden, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Borden manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Muslimovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borden lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Muslimovic hang on?
Borden throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Muslimovic suckers Borden into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Muslimovic is now in Borden's guard!
Muslimovic is fighting to break Borden's control of his arms but Borden is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four 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.
Borden escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Muslimovic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Borden is looking for a triangle here but Muslimovic uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I wouldn't like to be where Borden is right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Steve Borden will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Borden shoots in looking for a takedown. Muslimovic tries to sprawl out of it but Borden keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muslimovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Borden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muslimovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borden tries to clinch there but Muslimovic circles away.
Muslimovic blocks a head kick by Borden.
Borden tries for a takedown but Muslimovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Borden closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Borden goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Muslimovic rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Borden's guard! Nice work there by Muslimovic!
Muslimovic pushing down on Borden's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muslimovic postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Borden to stand up.
Borden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muslimovic throws a nice head kick!
Muslimovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zlatan Muslimovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Borden instigates a clinch.
Muslimovic throws an elbow that misses.
The is referee keeping an eye on Borden - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Muslimovic lands an elbow that stopped Borden in his tracks for a moment.
Muslimovic lands an elbow just above Borden 's eye.
Borden just leaning against Muslimovic, taking a breather.
Borden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muslimovic backwards.
Muslimovic scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muslimovic gets underhooks to prevent Borden's takedown attempt.
Zlatan Muslimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Borden.
Muslimovic misses with an elbow strike.
Muslimovic misses with a knee to the head.
Borden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Muslimovic up against the cage.
Borden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Muslimovic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borden lands a nice knee to the body.
Borden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muslimovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Borden has a takedown stuffed.
Muslimovic misses with a head kick.
Muslimovic wants to clinch but Borden slips to the side
and Borden holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Borden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Muslimovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Muslimovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Muslimovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Borden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zlatan Muslimovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muslimovic darts in trying to clinch
letting Borden counter with a right hand.
Muslimovic throws a head kick that misses
and Borden counters with a single leg into guard. Muslimovic didn't expect that.
Borden tries to stand but Muslimovic is controlling from the bottom.
Borden trying to control the position from guard on top but Muslimovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borden is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borden throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Muslimovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Borden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Borden has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Borden!
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energy
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