PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yousei Kobiashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kobiashi has chosen Die Antwoord: Enter The Ninja as his entrance music. Vince Borg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borg
vs
Kobiashi

190 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yousei Kobiashi!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Kobiashi finds it's target.
A jab from Kobiashi misses.
Kobiashi walks into a straight right hand from Borg.
Nice defenses there by Borg.
Kobiashi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kobiashi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kobiashi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borg.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borg bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kobiashi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borg.
Borg scores with a sloppy right hand. Kobiashi should have avoided that one.
Borg avoids the body shot from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi looks to land a right hand but Borg moved out of range.
Kobiashi tries to clinch but Borg moves out of range.
Borg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borg lands with a good body shot.
Kobiashi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Borg scores with a jab.
Borg misses with a body shot.
Borg cracks Kobiashi with an open hand slap.
Borg throws a series of punches but Kobiashi avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kobiashi.
Borg fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Borg tries to land a front kick but Kobiashi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kobiashi slips a straight right by Borg.
Borg staying out of range there.
Borg throws out a loose jab but Kobiashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kobiashi takes one to the chin there.
Nice body punch from Borg.
Nice uppercut there from Kobiashi.
Borg scores with a shot to the body.
Borg throws the left hand but Kobiashi avoids the punch easily.
Kobiashi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borg misses with the combination.
Kobiashi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Borg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kobiashi.

Borg pushes Kobiashi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Borg is trying to break the clinch but Kobiashi has him pressed against the ropes.
Borg is looking to break free of the clinch but Kobiashi has double underhooks.

Borg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobiashi throws out a loose jab but Borg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Borg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kobiashi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Borg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kobiashi slips under a jab from Borg.
Borg fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Borg scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Borg misses with a two punch combination.
Borg lands a jab.

Borg forces Kobiashi back against the ropes and clinches.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Kobiashi has the dominant position.

Borg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Borg lands the left hand.
Borg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi 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.
Kobiashi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Borg finds it's way round the side to connect with Kobiashi's head.
Kobiashi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Borg to score with a decent uppercut.
Kobiashi misses with the combination.
Borg scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg looks to land a combination. Kobiashi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Kobiashi tries to keep at a distance but Borg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Borg wants to break free but Kobiashi has control.

Borg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kobiashi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kobiashi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kobiashi moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Kobiashi does no damage.
Kobiashi loads up on a big right hand but Borg slips the punch.
Kobiashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kobiashi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Borg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kobiashi misses with a hook to the body
and Borg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Borg clobbers Kobiashi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Borg is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Borg thows a body shot but no joy.
Borg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Borg lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kobiashi throws a shot from downtown. Borg moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borg. Kobiashi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borg digs a good hook to Kobiashi's body.
Borg is working the combinations to good effect here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kobiashi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Borg scores with a jab to the jaw.
Borg scores with a decent looking hook.

Kobiashi is rocked!

Borg darts in and clinches Kobiashi up against the ropes.
Borg is trying to force a seperation but Kobiashi has the dominant position.
Kobiashi has a couple of punches blocked by Borg.
Kobiashi has Borg pressed against the ropes, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kobiashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Borg controls his hands.
Kobiashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Borg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kobiashi taking a breather.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borg is trying to break free.
Kobiashi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Borg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kobiashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borg throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kobiashi.
Borg with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kobiashi to score with a decent uppercut.
Borg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Borg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kobiashi misses with a looping right.
Borg thows a body shot but no joy.
Kobiashi scores with a nice head shot.
Kobiashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borg stalks Kobiashi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kobiashi's face. Kobiashi staggers backwards, shaken.
Kobiashi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kobiashi loads up on a big right hand but Borg slips the punch.
Borg throws a combination that misses
and Kobiashi counters with a nice uppercut.
Borg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kobiashi.
A shot to the body from Borg misses
and Borg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kobiashi throws a lazy right hand but Borg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yousei Kobiashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kobiashi throws an overhand right that lands on Borg's shoulder, as Borg tries to avoid the shot.
Borg slips a jab from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kobiashi's corner calls for a 1-2. Kobiashi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Borg throws a big shot that misses.
Kobiashi looks to land a right hand but Borg moved out of range.
Borg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kobiashi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Borg.
Decent striking displayed by Borg there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kobiashi misses with a combination
and Borg counters with a nice body shot.
Kobiashi looks gassed!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kobiashi. Borg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borg thows a body shot but no joy.
Borg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Borg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Borg clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Kobiashi fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kobiashi.
Borg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kobiashi prevents Borg from breaking the clinch.
Kobiashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Borg working hard to break the clinch.

Borg breaks from the clinch.

Borg closes the distance and clinches.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Borg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kobiashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kobiashi working aggressively here.
Kobiashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Borg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kobiashi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kobiashi misses with a combination
and Borg counters with a nice uppercut.
Kobiashi wants to clinch but Borg slips to the side
and Borg counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Borg clinches up against the ropes.
Kobiashi misses with the head strike.
Borg can't break the clinch.

Borg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kobiashi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A big right from Kobiashi misses.
Borg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Borg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kobiashi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borg.
Borg wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Borg throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kobiashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Borg.
Borg slips a jab from Kobiashi.
Borg lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kobiashi's sensitive parts.
Borg connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Borg misses the shot to the body.
Borg slips under a jab from Kobiashi.
Kobiashi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Borg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kobiashi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kobiashi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Borg makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice body punch from Borg.
Borg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kobiashi misses with a straight right.
Borg connects with the punch.
Borg scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borg throws a series of strikes that have Kobiashi backpedaling.
Kobiashi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Borg does it's job there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Borg clinches up with Kobiashi and pushes him back against the ropes.

Borg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Borg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Borg throws a nice looking combination but Kobiashi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Borg lands with a good body shot.
Borg lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kobiashi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Borg scores with a hook to the body. Kobiashi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borg cracks Kobiashi with an open hand slap.
Borg connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice cross by Borg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borg cracks Kobiashi with a good jab.
Nice body punch from Borg.
Borg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kobiashi throws out the jab.
Borg scores with a nice strike.
Borg lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kobiashi's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Borg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good exchange - Borg coming out on top.
Borg misses with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borg!
Borg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Borg tests Kobiashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kobiashi is still on wobbly legs! Can Borg finish him?
Kobiashi walks into a stiff left hand from Borg.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Borg! Kobiashi is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vince Borg!