PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hale Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borat Sagdiyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sagdiyev has chosen Mamaliga as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hernandez
vs
Sagdiyev

188 cm
27
215 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

191 cm
24
214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hale Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Borat Sagdiyev!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagdiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
Sagdiyev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hernandez.
Sagdiyev tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hernandez fails to land with a series of punches.
Hernandez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sagdiyev lands with a good body shot.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that Sagdiyev avoids nicely.
Sagdiyev connects with an inside leg kick.
Sagdiyev moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hernandez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sagdiyev misses the jab.
Hernandez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sagdiyev circles away quickly and effectively.
Hernandez throws the left hand but Sagdiyev avoids the punch easily.
Hernandez throws a body punch but Sagdiyev moves out of range.
Sagdiyev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sagdiyev misses with a low kick as Hernandez jumps back.
Sagdiyev connects with a body shot that sends Hernandez's belly button to the back.
Hernandez throws a hook but Sagdiyev blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a jab.
Sagdiyev lands with a cross.

It looks like Hale Hernandez has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Hernandez.

Sagdiyev takes the fight into the clinch.
Sagdiyev lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev stalling the fight.
Sagdiyev digs a right hand into Hernandez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hernandez's gas tank.
Sagdiyev dodges an elbow strike from Hernandez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Sagdiyev.
Hernandez is breathing heavily.
Sagdiyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sagdiyev scores with a shot to the side of Hernandez's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sagdiyev lands a nice uppercut.
Hernandez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sagdiyev's elbow.
Sagdiyev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sagdiyev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hernandez's elbow.
Sagdiyev will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hernandez up against the cage.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Hernandez can't find room to land a body shot as Sagdiyev controls the action.
Hernandez tries to circle away but Sagdiyev has him pinned against the cage.
Sagdiyev tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Sagdiyev makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sagdiyev can't find room to land a body shot as Hernandez controls the action.
Sagdiyev slows down the pace here.
Sagdiyev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hernandez tries to work over Sagdiyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sagdiyev tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Sagdiyev is pushing Hernandez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sagdiyev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sagdiyev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hernandez is trying to push Sagdiyev away but Sagdiyev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sagdiyev lands a right hand.
Hernandez is trying to break free.
Sagdiyev dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagdiyev scores with a shot to the side of Hernandez's head.
Hernandez misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez tries to work over Sagdiyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sagdiyev misses with a punch to the body.
Sagdiyev stalling.
Hernandez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sagdiyev backwards.
Sagdiyev misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hernandez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Sagdiyev.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hernandez lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hernandez takes a shot to the head.
Sagdiyev missing with knees to the body.
Hernandez tries to throw a body punch but Sagdiyev avoids it by throwing Hernandez back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Borat Sagdiyev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hale Hernandez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hernandez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fighters circle momentarily. Sagdiyev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hernandez throws the left hand but Sagdiyev avoids the punch easily.
Hernandez defending well as Sagdiyev loads up on a big left hand.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sagdiyev moves away.
Hernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sagdiyev misses with a wild body shot.
Borat Sagdiyev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sagdiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
Sagdiyev staying out of range there.
Hernandez throws a hook to the side of Sagdiyev's head but Sagdiyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hernandez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Sagdiyev.
Hernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Hernandez. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Sagdiyev misses.
Sagdiyev scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Sagdiyev.
Hernandez tries to bum rush Sagdiyev with a series of wild strikes but Sagdiyev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hale Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sagdiyev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hernandez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hernandez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sagdiyev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hernandez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sagdiyev fails to land with a series of punches.
Sagdiyev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
Sagdiyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Sagdiyev looks for the body kick but Hernandez saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Hernandez misses.
Sagdiyev thows a body shot but no joy.
Hernandez walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev looks to land a right hand but Hernandez moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez moves forwards but Sagdiyev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sagdiyev feints a jab promting Hernandez to slip. Sagdiyev then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hernandez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Hale Hernandez's cut is getting worse.
Sagdiyev misses with a two punch combination.
Hernandez lands a really nice looking cross but Sagdiyev seems unphased.
Sagdiyev throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sagdiyev misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.
Hernandez missing with a left hand there. Sagdiyev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sagdiyev dodges the punch combination from Hernandez.
Sagdiyev staying out of range there.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Sagdiyev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hernandez missing with a left hand there. Sagdiyev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sagdiyev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sagdiyev lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez walks into a left hand.
Sagdiyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hernandez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sagdiyev.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sagdiyev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Sagdiyev ducks under and follows up with a left that Sagdiyev also avoids with ease.
Hernandez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hernandez tries to score with a low kick but Sagdiyev moves his leg out of the way.
Sagdiyev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hernandez throws out the jab.
Sagdiyev connects with a body shot.
Hernandez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sagdiyev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hernandez throws out the jab.
Sagdiyev looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
Hernandez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sagdiyev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Sagdiyev moves out of range.
Hernandez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sagdiyev keeps Hernandez at a distance using the push kick.
Sagdiyev tries to clinch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sagdiyev lands a nice shot that snaps Hernandez's head back.
Hernandez checks a leg kick nicely.
Sagdiyev lands a jab to Hernandez's midsection.
A jab from Sagdiyev does it's job there.

Hale Hernandez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Sagdiyev gets a clinch.
Sagdiyev lands a shot to the body.
Sagdiyev throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagdiyev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sagdiyev - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Sagdiyev breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Borat Sagdiyev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hale Hernandez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Hernandez misses.
Sagdiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Sagdiyev scores with a nice head shot.
Sagdiyev scores with a body shot.
Hernandez throws a big shot that misses.
Hernandez stuns Sagdiyev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice cross by Sagdiyev.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev cracks Hernandez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sagdiyev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sagdiyev at a distance.
Hernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sagdiyev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagdiyev throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Hernandez.
Hernandez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sagdiyev can pounce on him.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sagdiyev misses the shot to the body.
Sagdiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Sagdiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Sagdiyev throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sagdiyev lands the left hand.
Sagdiyev lands a nice hook to Hernandez's body. Hernandez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sagdiyev moves away.
Sagdiyev looks to throw the jab but Hernandez is out of range.
Sagdiyev misses with a wild body shot.
Sagdiyev takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagdiyev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sagdiyev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hernandez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sagdiyev is looking to clinch but Hernandez is avoiding it.
Sagdiyev misses with a left hand
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernandez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sagdiyev swings for the body but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez moves out of range as Sagdiyev throws a body kick.
Hernandez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sagdiyev lands a nice hook to Hernandez's body. Hernandez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sagdiyev is looking to slow Hernandez down with leg kicks.
Sagdiyev moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sagdiyev thumps Hernandez with a low kick.
Sagdiyev misses with a body shot.
Hernandez moves forwards but Sagdiyev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sagdiyev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sagdiyev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sagdiyev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagdiyev scores with a nice head shot.
Sagdiyev scores with a hook.
Sagdiyev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sagdiyev. Sagdiyev circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sagdiyev lands with a nice body punch.
Sagdiyev thows a body shot but no joy.
Hale Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body kick from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a straight right.
Sagdiyev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hernandez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sagdiyev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hernandez scrambles back to his feet.
Sagdiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Hernandez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sagdiyev cracks Hernandez with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sagdiyev just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagdiyev's corner calls for a 1-2. Sagdiyev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Jeez, Hale Hernandez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Sagdiyev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hernandez.
Sagdiyev bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hernandez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sagdiyev!
Hernandez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sagdiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Sagdiyev.
Sagdiyev lands with a nice body punch.
Hernandez avoids the head kick by Sagdiyev.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagdiyev scores with a one two! Hernandez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hernandez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sagdiyev tests Hernandez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sagdiyev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hernandez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Borat Sagdiyev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sagdiyev has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

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