PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aiu BangYou (ranked 1581 p4p, 72 weight class) and Aleksey Borodin (ranked 1604 p4p, 30 weight class). Aleksey Borodin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Aiu BangYou's chin.

BangYou
vs
Borodin

209 cm
25
285 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

191 cm
30
262 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aiu BangYou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aleksey Borodin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BangYou moves in looking to clinch but Borodin pushes him off.
BangYou walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Aiu BangYou has been cut.
BangYou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borodin throws out a loose jab but BangYou uses good head movement to avoid it.

BangYou closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borodin.
BangYou lands a knee to the body.
Borodin looks winded!
BangYou drops down looking for an ankle pick but Borodin pulls his leg out and moves away.
BangYou jabs at Borodin's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou misses with a looping left.
Borodin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Borodin misses with a lunging right hand
and BangYou counters with a nice body shot.
Borodin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by BangYou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou fails to land with a series of punches.
BangYou connects with a jab.

It looks like Aleksey Borodin has been cut.
BangYou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've been hearing reports that BangYou has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
BangYou is looking to chop away at Borodin's legs.
Borodin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but BangYou moves away.
BangYou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

BangYou pushes Borodin up against the cage in a clinch.
BangYou is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borodin is defending well for now.
Borodin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
BangYou pushes off an throws an elbow but Borodin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
BangYou is trying to force a seperation but Borodin has the dominant position.
BangYou looking to throw knees to the head but Borodin is blocking nicely.
Borodin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Borodin takes an elbow to the temple.
Borodin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've been informed that Borodin 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.
BangYou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

BangYou breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borodin throws a right hand that misses
letting BangYou counter with a right hand.
BangYou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borodin moves away.
Borodin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract BangYou.
It looked like BangYou wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

BangYou has managed to clinch.
Borodin prevents the takedown attempt.
BangYou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Borodin avoids the damage to the body.
Borodin lands a left hand.
BangYou is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borodin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borodin.
Borodin managing to block the knees to the body from BangYou.
Borodin swings wildly with an uppercut but BangYou uses good head movement to avoid it.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borodin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borodin lands with a right to the head.
Borodin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borodin lands a body shot in the clinch.
BangYou stalling the fight.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borodin.
BangYou lands with a short punch from the clinch.

BangYou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
BangYou blocks a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from BangYou misses its target.
BangYou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borodin.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from BangYou.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiu BangYou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
BangYou moves out of range of the strikes.
BangYou misses with a looping left.
Borodin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Borodin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BangYou misses with a takedown attempt - Borodin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borodin throws a hook but BangYou avoids it easily.
Aleksey Borodin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
BangYou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from BangYou misses the target.
BangYou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from BangYou. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borodin lands with a nice body punch.
BangYou is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
BangYou tries to clinch there but Borodin circles away.
Aleksey Borodin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
BangYou punishes Borodin's body with a nice straight punch.
Borodin swings widly with a right hand
letting BangYou counter with a right hand.
Borodin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
BangYou scores with a nice strike.
Borodin throws a lazy uppercut
and BangYou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

BangYou misses with a straight right.
BangYou fails with a takedown attempt.
BangYou moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Borodin lands an impressive looking overhand right. BangYou doesn't seem phased though.
BangYou takes one to the chin there.
BangYou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
BangYou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Borodin can do to turn this around?
BangYou tries to clinch but Borodin is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borodin ducks under a wild hook from BangYou.
The crowd cheers as Borodin lands an impressive looking overhand right. BangYou doesn't seem phased though.
Aiu BangYou is winning the standup battle so far.
BangYou connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
BangYou slips a straight right by Borodin.
BangYou lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borodin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by BangYou.
A telegraphed right hand from Borodin misses the target.
Borodin throws a hook but BangYou blocks it.
Borodin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
BangYou moves away from the strike by Borodin.
Borodin throws a hook but BangYou blocks it.
Borodin swings for the body but BangYou moves out of range.
BangYou moves out of range as Borodin strikes.
A big left from Borodin misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from BangYou is defended easily by Borodin.
Borodin looks to land a left hand but BangYou moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borodin looks to land a right hand but BangYou moved out of range.
BangYou connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
BangYou lands a nice shot that snaps Borodin's head back.

That has opened up Aleksey Borodin's cut even more.
BangYou defending well as Borodin loads up on a big left hand.
BangYou with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Borodin to score with a decent uppercut.
Borodin throws a right hand that misses
and BangYou counters with a straight right hand.

Borodin is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Borodin digs a good body shot into BangYou's ribs.
Borodin is still on wobbly legs! Can BangYou finish him?
BangYou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borodin seems to have recovered his senses.
BangYou will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Borodin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiu BangYou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
BangYou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Borodin throws an off balance right hand
and BangYou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Borodin scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
BangYou needs to keep his hands up - Borodin had a free shot at his head there.
Borodin is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou moves out of range as Borodin strikes.
BangYou avoids the body shot from Borodin.
No luck with that takedown attempt from BangYou.
Borodin scores with a nice strike.

Aiu BangYou's cut is getting worse.
A chopping leg kick lands by BangYou.
Borodin loads up on a big right hand but BangYou slips the punch.
BangYou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Borodin.
Borodin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
BangYou misses with a straight left.
Borodin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from BangYou.
BangYou misses with a left hand
and Borodin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Borodin circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Borodin does it's job there.
Borodin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Borodin throws the left hand but BangYou avoids the punch easily.

BangYou moves into the clinch successfully.

BangYou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BangYou slips a jab from Borodin.
BangYou missing with a left hand there. Borodin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Borodin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
BangYou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Borodin misses.
BangYou connects with a right hand. Borodin shakes it off.
BangYou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borodin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borodin throws a jab but it's blocked by BangYou.
BangYou is looking for a counter combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksey Borodin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

BangYou fails in his attempt to clinch.
BangYou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borodin.
BangYou misses with an uppercut. Borodin saw that one coming.
BangYou scores with a nice right hand.
BangYou takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Borodin misses with a right hand
letting BangYou counter with a right hand.
Borodin throws a big shot that misses.
And BangYou counters with a quick kick to the body but Borodin blocks it.
Some wild striking there from BangYou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou tries to clinch but Borodin is having none of it.
BangYou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Borodin scores with a jab to the body.
BangYou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borodin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borodin ducks under a wild hook from BangYou.
BangYou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borodin dips to his left and cracks BangYou with an uppercut!

BangYou has closed the distance and engaged Borodin in a clinch.
Borodin throws a punch but it's blocked by BangYou.
Borodin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Borodin taking a breather.
Borodin lands a body shot.
BangYou blocks an uppercut.
BangYou trying to stall but Borodin improves his position.
BangYou is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aiu BangYou has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Borodin.

Aiu BangYou's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Borodin.
Borodin has BangYou pressed against the cage, preventing BangYou from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Borodin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
BangYou looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
BangYou is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borodin is defending well for now.
Borodin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from BangYou.
Borodin lands a left hand.
Borodin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Borodin is working BangYou over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BangYou tries to land a knee to the head but Borodin blocks with his arms.
BangYou wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiu BangYou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borodin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of BangYou backwards.
BangYou is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Borodin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Borodin working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borodin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Borodin has BangYou pressed against the cage.
Borodin working aggressively here.
BangYou fails to pull guard.
Borodin lands with a light punch inside.

BangYou manages to break the clinch.
Borodin throws an overhand right that drops BangYou like a sack of potatoes! Borodin dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksey Borodin!
Aleksey Borodin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.