PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wiz Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Bori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalifa comes to the cage accompanied by young wild and free. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khalifa
vs
Bori

187 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
168 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wiz Khalifa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dark Bori!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bori closes the distance and pushes Khalifa back into the cage.

Bori manages to break the clinch.
Khalifa tries to clinch up but Bori circles away and keeps his distance.
Khalifa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bori counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bori.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.
Bori blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Bori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bori forces Khalifa back against the cage and clinches.

Bori breaks from the clinch.

Bori clinches up with Khalifa and pushes him back against the cage.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.
Khalifa swings wildly with an uppercut but Bori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khalifa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bori's efforts to push away.

Bori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bori throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bori clinches.
Bori wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bori breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bori takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khalifa wants to clinch up but Bori keeps it at a distance.
Bori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khalifa tries to bum rush Bori with a series of wild strikes but Bori uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khalifa wants to clinch up but Bori keeps it at a distance.
Khalifa swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bori has managed to clinch.
Bori takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Dark Bori has been cut.
Khalifa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khalifa prevents Bori from breaking the clinch.
Khalifa misses with some punches.
Khalifa lands an elbow inside.
Bori is looking to break free of the clinch but Khalifa has double underhooks.
Khalifa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bori wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bori wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalifa has a couple of punches blocked by Bori.

Bori breaks from the clinch.
Khalifa misses with a takedown attempt

and Bori counters by moving into the clinch.
Khalifa lands with a short shot to the head.
Khalifa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
Bori tries to circle away but Khalifa has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bori is trying to break the clinch but Khalifa has him pressed against the cage.
Bori wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khalifa misses with an elbow over the top.

Bori breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Bori.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Khalifa.

Bori gets a clinch.
Khalifa misses with an elbow strike.

Bori breaks from the clinch.
Dark Bori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bori swats away the attempt to clinch by Khalifa.
Khalifa fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wiz Khalifa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa tries to clinch but Bori moves away
and Bori counters with a three punch combo that has Khalifa backing up. Khalifa nods at Bori to acknowledge the strikes.

Bori clinches up against the cage.
Bori avoids a wild elbow strike from Khalifa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.

Bori breaks the clinch.
Khalifa closes the distance but Bori moves to the side
and Bori counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khalifa lands with a nice combination. Bori backs away looking to recover.

That has opened up Dark Bori's cut even more.
Khalifa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Bori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dark Bori's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bori closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khalifa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khalifa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Khalifa.
Bori avoiding damage.
Bori is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khalifa is keeping busy.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Bori breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiz Khalifa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bori rushes Khalifa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Bori manages to break the clinch.
Khalifa tries to clinch
and Bori counters with a head kick.
Khalifa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khalifa fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khalifa gets a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khalifa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bori's brow.
Khalifa misses with an elbow over the top.
Bori wants to stall.

Bori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa wants to clinch.
Khalifa blocks a head kick by Bori.
Bori swats away the attempt to clinch by Khalifa.
Wiz Khalifa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa tries to clinch up but Bori circles away and keeps his distance.
Bori takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Bori drives through and clinches with Khalifa against the cage.

Bori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bori fails to land with a series of punches.
Bori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khalifa tries to clinch but Bori is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khalifa slips a jab and a cross from Bori.

Bori closes the distance and pushes Khalifa back into the cage.
Bori is trying to break the clinch but Khalifa has him pressed against the cage.

Bori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa tries to clinch up.
Khalifa tries to clinch up.

Khalifa tries to keep at a distance but Bori has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bori avoids a wild elbow strike from Khalifa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bori has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khalifa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bori blocks the elbow strike.
Khalifa lands with a left to the head.

The cut above Dark Bori's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Khalifa swings wildly with an uppercut but Bori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bori tries to break free but Khalifa pushes him back against the cage.
Bori avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the cage.
Khalifa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bori's defenses.

Bori breaks the clinch.
Bori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khalifa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Dark Bori's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bori is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalifa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bori moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khalifa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bori blocks an elbow strike from Khalifa.

Bori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa doesn't manage to clinch there - Bori circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dark Bori will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dark Bori's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Khalifa moves in looking to clinch but Bori pushes him off.
Khalifa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khalifa throws a nice looking combination but Bori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Khalifa rushes Bori and presses him up against the cage.

Bori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khalifa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bori counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Bori has managed to clinch.
Khalifa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bori backwards.

Bori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khalifa is looking to clinch.
Khalifa wants to clinch

and Bori counters by clinching up.
Khalifa scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Bori manages to break the clinch.

Bori clinches up against the cage.
Bori is trying to break the clinch but Khalifa is controlling him.
Bori blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bori looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khalifa throws an elbow but it misses.
Bori working hard to break the clinch.
Bori wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khalifa has him pressed against the cage.
Khalifa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bori breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khalifa doesn't manage to clinch there - Bori circles away.
Khalifa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Bori rushes Khalifa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Khalifa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khalifa pushes off an throws an elbow but Bori leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Bori gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Khalifa regains guard.
Khalifa looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khalifa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Bori decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Khalifa, up you get!
Bori takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khalifa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bori clinches with his opponent.

Bori breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khalifa wants to clinch but Bori slips to the side
and Bori counters with a three punch combo that has Khalifa backing up. Khalifa nods at Bori to acknowledge the strikes.
Bori getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dark Bori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khalifa tests Bori's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalifa moves in looking to clinch but Bori pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khalifa wants to clinch.
Dark Bori is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Bori has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wiz Khalifa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dark Bori comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bori 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dark Bori!