PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Basil Borcea (ranked 2323 p4p, 271 weight class) and Donovan Anvils (ranked 2382 p4p, 276 weight class). Basil Borcea has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borcea
vs
Anvils

185 cm
21
202 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Basil Borcea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Donovan Anvils!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Anvils. Those never looked like landing.
Anvils just misses with a punch to the body.
Borcea appears to be looking for a big counter.
Anvils sizes up Borcea with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Anvils just misses with a punch to the body.
Borcea getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A nice combination there by Anvils.

It looks like Basil Borcea has been cut.
Donk. Borcea catches Anvils right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Donovan Anvils has been cut.
Borcea throws a hook but Anvils avoids it easily.
Borcea fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anvils scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borcea misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borcea dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borcea throws a body punch but Anvils moves out of range.
Anvils throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Anvils.
Borcea lands a body shot.
Anvils takes one on the button.
Anvils misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anvils throws a predictable looking body shot

and Borcea counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borcea sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borcea uses his free foot to push down on Anvils's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Anvils.
Borcea sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anvils wants to control but Borcea is having none of it.
Borcea looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anvils is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Borcea jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Anvils manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anvils is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Borcea is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Anvils bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Borcea is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Borcea is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Anvils wants to control the action here but instead Borcea manages to pass to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basil Borcea dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anvils throws a hook but Borcea blocks it.
Borcea seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Borcea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anvils can do to turn this around?
Anvils misses with a body shot.
Anvils throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borcea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borcea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borcea looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Borcea throws a hook but Anvils avoids it easily.
Donovan Anvils seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borcea cracks a nice hook into Anvils's ribs.
Anvils throws a lazy uppercut
and Borcea counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Anvils gets tackled into the cage by Borcea. Borcea maintains the clinch.
Borcea prevents Anvils from breaking the clinch.
Anvils takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anvils doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Borcea displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anvils up against the cage.
Borcea's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Borcea throws a head punch that misses.
Borcea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Borcea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anvils backwards.
Borcea blocks a body shot from Anvils.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borcea swings wildly with an uppercut but Anvils uses good head movement to avoid it.

Borcea has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Anvils regains guard immediately.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Borcea looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borcea sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Anvils's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Anvils is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Borcea has latched onto it... Big trouble! Borcea pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Anvils is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Borcea!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Basil Borcea!