PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 1128 p4p, 746 weight class) and Long Hung Dong (ranked 163 p4p, 104 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Borgia
vs
Dong

184 cm
29
196
18 - 17 - 1

188 cm
40
175
32 - 24 - 1

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Long Hung Dong!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgia checks a low kick from Dong.

Borgia fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dong to the ground. Borgia is now in Dong's guard.
Dong is trying to keep Borgia in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borgia distracts Dong with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Borgia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Borgia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dong has momentary wrist control but Borgia slips an elbow through the middle.
Dong has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at 020 Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dong keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Borgia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Borgia with a nice head shot there.
Borgia forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong wants to control but Borgia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dong won't allow Borgia to pass to mount.
Borgia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Borgia working the head and body with strikes.
Dong makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dong.
Borgia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dong keeping full guard, as Borgia tries to pass.
Dong working a defensive guard but Borgia manages to pass into side control anyway.
Borgia is looking to take a break and control but Dong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Borgia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Borgia working the head with strikes.
Borgia 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dong keeps working.
Borgia fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dong takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dong is trying to get back to half guard.
Dong is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Borgia scores with a couple of short elbows.
Borgia landing a few strikes.

Dong is rocked!
Check out the look on Borgia's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dong is still in real trouble! Can Borgia finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgia lands some shots froms side control.
Dong regains half guard there - taking advantage of Borgia's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Borgia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong is looking for a sweep. Borgia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dong seems to have recovered his senses.
Borgia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Borgia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Borgia there.

Dong is rocked!
Borgia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dong is still in real trouble! Can Borgia finish him?
Borgia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dong tries to roll over but Borgia keeps him under control.
Borgia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dong keeps working.
Borgia working Dong over with strikes.

Borgia is working for a submission of some sort.
Dong tries to get to full guard but Borgia has control of the leg.
Dong seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Borgia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Borgia postures up and lands a big shot to Dong's brow.
Dong keeping full guard, as Borgia tries to pass.

Dong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Borgia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Borgia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Borgia looking to pass the guard.
Borgia connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borgia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dong's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Borgia 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.

Dong ducks under a wild hook from Borgia.
Borgia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dong has time to react.

Borgia looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Borgia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Borgia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Dong throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Borgia is fighting to break Dong's control of his arms but Dong is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dong not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia lands a couple of elbows.
Dong keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Borgia is pushing down on Dong's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dong is fighting to maintain full guard but Borgia has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dong is trying to maintain the position but Borgia is very close to passing his half guard.
Borgia wants to pass to mount but Dong is defending the position.

Borgia is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dong has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dong is trying to maintain the position but Borgia is very close to passing his half guard.
Borgia is trying to control the action in half guard but Dong is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong is looking to control Borgia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dong avoid being mounted?
Borgia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dong can do to turn this around?
Dong taking some punishment here, with Borgia in his half guard.
Dong is trying to get back to full guard.
Borgia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Borgia working the head and body with strikes.

Borgia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dong doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Borgia.
Dong has hold of Borgia's hands but Borgia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Borgia is looking to take a break and control but Dong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Borgia.

Dong looking for submissions off his back.
Dong taking some punishment here, with Borgia in his half guard.
Borgia passes to full mount!
Dong tries to lock up and control but Borgia gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Borgia postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Dong out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Borgia goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Borgia!
After the fight, Alexander Borgia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.