PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cesare Borgia (ranked 690 p4p, 628 weight class) and Trage Tragedy (ranked 100 p4p, 91 weight class). Borgia comes into the arena with Eye Of The Tiger blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Borgia
vs
Tragedy

175 cm
24
178
10 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
180
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cesare Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trage Tragedy!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tragedy scores with a nice head shot.
Borgia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tragedy.
A combination from Tragedy does no damage.
Tragedy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Borgia.
Tragedy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tragedy misses with a looping left.
Tragedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borgia.
Trage Tragedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tragedy fails to land with a series of punches.
Tragedy throws a body shot but no joy.
Borgia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tragedy sprawls and moves away.
Tragedy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borgia manages to avoid it.
Tragedy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Borgia connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borgia keeps the fight on the outside.
Tragedy misses with a lunging right hand

and Borgia counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Borgia.
Borgia throws a big elbow that misses.
Borgia postures up in Tragedy's guard and throws a big left but Tragedy blocks it.
Borgia wants to control from the top but Tragedy keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.
Borgia is looking to pass into half guard but Tragedy pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tragedy is in guard.

Borgia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Borgia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tragedy's guard.

Borgia postures up in Tragedy's guard and throws a big left but Tragedy blocks it.
Borgia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tragedy can't keep his opponent in guard - Borgia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tragedy felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Borgia trying to control the action but Tragedy is working from the bottom.
Borgia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tragedy's head.
Tragedy is refusing to be controlled, as Borgia sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tragedy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Borgia is working for a kimura but Tragedy is defending it quite comfortably.
Tragedy controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Borgia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tragedy is controlling Borgia's trapped leg to prevent Borgia from advancing to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Borgia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tragedy taking some punishment here, with Borgia in his half guard.
Borgia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Borgia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Borgia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tragedy's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borgia throwing shots but Tragedy is blocking nicely.
Tragedy gets back to full guard.
Tragedy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borgia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tragedy is keeping the position for now.
Borgia trying to control the position from guard on top but Tragedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borgia postures up and lands a big shot to Tragedy's brow.
Tragedy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borgia trying to control the position from guard on top but Tragedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borgia throwing strikes but missing.
Tragedy working a defensive guard here.
Tragedy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cesare Borgia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Tragedy. Borgia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Borgia as he connects with a hook.
Tragedy wants to clinch but Borgia slips to the side

and Borgia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Borgia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tragedy pulls Borgia in close to his closed guard and prevents Borgia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Borgia is working Tragedy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Borgia throws a strike but Tragedy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Tragedy trying to stand up but can't free himself from Borgia's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Borgia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Borgia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tragedy is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Borgia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tragedy is aware though and is defending well.
Borgia wants to control but Tragedy passes easily into half guard.
Borgia wants to improve his position but Tragedy is controlling well.
Tragedy passes to full mount!
Borgia is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy looking to control but Borgia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tragedy prevents Borgia from getting the reversal.
Borgia is working hard here to advance position.
Cesare Borgia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borgia regains half guard.
Borgia gets full guard.
Borgia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tragedy manages to get himself to full guard.

Tragedy pulls Borgia in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Borgia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tragedy is trying to control the position but Borgia postures up.
Borgia trying to control but Tragedy is working from the bottom.
Tragedy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Borgia's guard.

Borgia seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Borgia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Borgia isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tragedy stacks Borgia on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Tragedy!
Borgia struggling a bit here.
Tragedy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Borgia keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is looking to regain half guard here but Tragedy keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borgia regains half guard.
Tragedy wants to control but Borgia is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borgia wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cesare Borgia will probably get the nod.
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!

Borgia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tragedy throws the left hand but Borgia avoids the punch easily.
Tragedy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Tragedy misses.
Tragedy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Borgia counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Borgia.
Borgia trying to control the position from guard on top but Tragedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borgia is looking to work some ground and pound but Tragedy has wrist control.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tragedy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Borgia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Borgia tries to free his leg and advance position but Tragedy is retaining full guard.
Tragedy keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Borgia content to stall in guard here.
Borgia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Borgia trying to control the position from guard on top but Tragedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tragedy managing to control the position.
Borgia throwing strikes from guard but Tragedy blocks nicely.
Trage Tragedy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Borgia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Borgia throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Borgia lands the left hand.
Borgia throws a lazy uppercut
and Tragedy counters with a right hand to the body.
Borgia ducks under a wild hook from Tragedy.
Borgia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Borgia moves out of range as Tragedy strikes.
No joy there for Tragedy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Tragedy.
Borgia avoids the body shot from Tragedy.
Tragedy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borgia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Borgia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tragedy misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Borgia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tragedy is keeping the position for now.
Borgia looking to sit in guard and control but Tragedy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Borgia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cesare Borgia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Borgia is pulling down on Tragedy's head. It's preventing any offense from Tragedy, at least for the moment.
Borgia looking for a sweep. Not yet Borgia, not yet.
Borgia has his hands on Tragedy's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Borgia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tragedy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Borgia pulls Tragedy in close to his closed guard and prevents Tragedy from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borgia tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Trage Tragedy.
I think Borgia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cesare Borgia!
An out of breath Cesare Borgia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.