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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Borsch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tully Sisyphus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borsch comes to the cage accompanied by Vikingarna - Leende Guldbruna Ögon. Stefan Borsch had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Stefan Borsch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tully Sisyphus's chin.
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211 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stefan Borsch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tully Sisyphus!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Borsch looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Sisyphus wants to clinch.
Borsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borsch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Borsch throws a head kick but Sisyphus moves out of range.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Sisyphus doesn't manage to clinch there - Borsch circles away.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borsch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borsch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sisyphus's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borsch tries to bum rush Sisyphus with a series of wild strikes but Sisyphus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sisyphus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sisyphus ducks under a wild hook from Borsch.
Sisyphus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sisyphus moves in looking to clinch but Borsch pushes him off.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Borsch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisyphus moves in looking to clinch but Borsch pushes him off.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borsch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Borsch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch is having none of it.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch is having none of it.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sisyphus clinches up against the cage.
Borsch is looking to break free of the clinch but Sisyphus has double underhooks.
Sisyphus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borsch's defenses.
Sisyphus misses with a knee strike.
Borsch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borsch takes an elbow to the temple.
Sisyphus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sisyphus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Sisyphus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sisyphus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus crunches a lovely knee into Borsch's ribcage.
Sisyphus lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sisyphus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borsch's brow.
Sisyphus with a knee to the head.
Sisyphus scores a nice knee to the body.
Sisyphus connects with a knee to the head.
Sisyphus throws an elbow that misses.
Sisyphus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sisyphus goes for a takedown attempt but Borsch pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Borsch's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Borsch duly obliges.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Borsch is trying to break the clinch but Sisyphus has him pressed against the cage.
Sisyphus lands a knee to the head.
Sisyphus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Borsch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sisyphus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Borsch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Sisyphus.
Borsch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sisyphus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
Sisyphus closes the distance and pushes Borsch back into the cage.
Sisyphus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Borsch smiles and moves away.
Stefan Borsch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tully Sisyphus.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Borsch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Sisyphus closes the distance and pushes Borsch back into the cage.
Sisyphus landing knees to the head.
Sisyphus misses with a knee to the head.
Borsch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sisyphus tries to clinch there but Borsch circles away.
Borsch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tully Sisyphus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borsch misses with a low kick.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Borsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Borsch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sisyphus pushes Borsch up against the cage in a clinch.
Borsch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sisyphus.
Borsch is trying to break the clinch but Sisyphus has him pressed against the cage.
Borsch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borsch working hard to break the clinch.
Sisyphus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borsch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sisyphus backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sisyphus throws an elbow but misses.
Borsch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borsch avoiding damage as Sisyphus throws knees to the body.
Sisyphus trying to land knees to the body.
Borsch avoids the elbow strike from Sisyphus, against the cage.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Borsch blocks an elbow strike from Sisyphus.
Borsch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sisyphus has him pressed against the cage.
Sisyphus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borsch.
Sisyphus fails to pull guard.
Sisyphus trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tully Sisyphus dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sisyphus doesn't manage to clinch there - Borsch circles away.
Sisyphus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borsch misses with a hook. Sisyphus ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borsch throws a series of punches but Sisyphus avoids them all with ease.
Sisyphus doesn't manage to clinch there - Borsch circles away.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch is having none of it.
Stefan Borsch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sisyphus tries to clinch there but Borsch circles away.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borsch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
Sisyphus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Borsch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
Borsch misses with a straight right.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sisyphus moves into the clinch.
Borsch avoiding damage as Sisyphus throws knees to the body.
Sisyphus tries to land knees in the clinch but Borsch avoids the damage to the body.
Sisyphus pushes off an throws an elbow but Borsch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Sisyphus looking to throw knees to the head but Borsch is blocking nicely.
Borsch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sisyphus throws an elbow but it misses.
Sisyphus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Borsch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Borsch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sisyphus moves in looking to clinch but Borsch pushes him off.
Borsch misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
A good leg kick by Borsch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sisyphus clinches up against the cage.
Borsch avoiding damage as Sisyphus throws knees to the body.
Sisyphus trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Borsch.
Borsch working hard to break the clinch.
Sisyphus lands a nice shot to the body.
Sisyphus prevents Borsch from breaking the clinch.
Sisyphus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borsch.
Sisyphus tries for a takedown but Borsch manages to get underhooks.
Borsch gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sisyphus.
Borsch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sisyphus clinches up against the cage.
Sisyphus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borsch is defending well for now.
Borsch blocks a body shot from Sisyphus.
Borsch breaks from the clinch.
Borsch keeps the fight on the outside.
Borsch goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sisyphus drives through and clinches with Borsch against the cage.
Sisyphus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sisyphus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borsch is defending well for now.
Borsch can't break the clinch.
Sisyphus misses with a knee strike.
Sisyphus tries to land knees in the clinch but Borsch avoids the damage to the body.
Sisyphus misses with a knee strike.
Sisyphus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Borsch gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stefan Borsch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tully Sisyphus.
Sisyphus throws an elbow that misses.
Borsch tries to circle away but Sisyphus has him pinned against the cage.
Borsch breaks the clinch.
Sisyphus dodges the punch combination from Borsch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borsch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up but Borsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Borsch thuds his right hand into Sisyphus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sisyphus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Borsch.
Sisyphus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sisyphus pushes Borsch up against the cage in a clinch.
Borsch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sisyphus lands a good knee to the midsection. Borsch won't want to take too many of those.
Sisyphus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borsch is defending well for now.
Sisyphus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Borsch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borsch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Borsch managing to block the knees to the body from Sisyphus.
Borsch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Borsch throws a hook but Sisyphus blocks it.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tully Sisyphus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Borsch swinging wildly here.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus closes the distance and clinches.
Sisyphus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Borsch's face.
Sisyphus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borsch.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Borsch avoiding damage as Sisyphus throws knees to the body.
Sisyphus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borsch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Borsch throws a right and a left that Sisyphus avoids nicely.
Borsch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sisyphus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sisyphus fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice combination there by Borsch.
Sisyphus moves in looking to clinch but Borsch pushes him off.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Borsch misses.
Sisyphus wants to clinch.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
Borsch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sisyphus wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Borsch. That snapped Sisyphus's head back.
Borsch throws a right and a left that Sisyphus avoids nicely.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borsch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch but Borsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
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.
Borsch keeps the fight on the outside.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
Borsch keeps the fight on the outside.
Sisyphus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sisyphus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Borsch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good standup being displayed there by Borsch as he connects with a hook.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sisyphus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sisyphus drives through and clinches with Borsch against the cage.
Sisyphus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borsch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sisyphus's defenses.
Borsch can't break the clinch.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Sisyphus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borsch.
Borsch manages to break the clinch.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Borsch lands a body shot.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Sisyphus doesn't manage to clinch there - Borsch circles away.
Sisyphus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
Stefan Borsch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Borsch misses.
Borsch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sisyphus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sisyphus slips a jab from Borsch.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sisyphus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sisyphus wants to clinch up but Borsch keeps it at a distance.
Sisyphus wants to clinch.
Sisyphus is looking to clinch but Borsch is avoiding it.
Sisyphus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borsch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sisyphus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sisyphus rushes Borsch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borsch gets underhooks to prevent Sisyphus's takedown attempt.
Borsch tries to circle away but Sisyphus has him pinned against the cage.
Borsch breaks the clinch.
Sisyphus doesn't manage to clinch there - Borsch circles away.
Tully Sisyphus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left lands for Borsch.
Sisyphus tries to clinch up.
Borsch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sisyphus.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sisyphus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sisyphus takes the fight into the clinch.
Borsch tries to circle away but Sisyphus has him pinned against the cage.
Sisyphus trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sisyphus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borsch avoids it.
Borsch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borsch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sisyphus.
Sisyphus tries to clinch but Borsch moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stefan Borsch.
I think Sisyphus 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tully Sisyphus!
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