PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarvan Four (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borikav has chosen Pelican - Bliss in Concrete as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alekzandr Borikav told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Four
vs
Borikav

183 cm
24
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jarvan Four!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alekzandr Borikav!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Four keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Borikav.
Borikav misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Four.
Four fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Four defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Four or perhaps it was just good defense by Borikav which made him look bad.
Four fails with the takedown
and Borikav counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jarvan Four. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Four shoots in for a takedown but Borikav shows good takedown defense.
Four throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Borikav's waist but Borikav gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Four off to one side.
Four drops his hands momentarily and Borikav takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Four with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borikav cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Borikav lands an overhand right.
Borikav drops Four with a naaaaasty hook - Four is in real trouble here! Borikav dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alekzandr Borikav!
After winning the bout, Alekzandr Borikav thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.