PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feargus Urquhart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borikav's entrance music is Pelican - Bliss in Concrete. A fine choice. Alekzandr Borikav has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borikav
vs
Urquhart

192 cm
29
212 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

201 cm
25
265 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

Great elbows
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Alekzandr Borikav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feargus Urquhart!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urquhart looks to land a body kick but Borikav moved away.
Borikav connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Borikav gets tackled into the cage by Urquhart. Urquhart maintains the clinch.
Borikav can't break the clinch.
Urquhart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Borikav avoids a wild elbow strike from Urquhart.
Urquhart tries to stall but Borikav uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Urquhart's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urquhart wants to clinch.
Borikav connects with a right hand. Urquhart shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urquhart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urquhart throws a left and a right that both miss
and Borikav counters with a nice body shot.
Borikav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Borikav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borikav with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Urquhart ducks right into an uppercut from Borikav.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borikav changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Urquhart moves in looking to clinch but Borikav pushes him off.
Borikav throwing a counter right hand but Urquhart manages to avoid it.
Urquhart tries to clinch but Borikav moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Urquhart moves into the clinch successfully.
Urquhart taking a breather.
Borikav working hard to break the clinch.
Urquhart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borikav is defending well for now.
I was talking to Borikav's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Borikav's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urquhart tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Borikav is able to avoid easily.
Urquhart staying out of range there.
Urquhart raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Urquhart thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borikav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borikav throws the left hand but Urquhart avoids the punch easily.
Urquhart throws a front kick aimed at Borikav's knee but Borikav avoids it well.
Urquhart tries to close the distance and clinch but Borikav swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borikav is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Urquhart.
Borikav lands a right hook to the body.
Urquhart blocks a low kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urquhart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Urquhart tries to clinch up but Borikav circles away and keeps his distance.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Urquhart moved out of range.
Urquhart throws a hook to the side of Borikav's head but Borikav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borikav jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Urquhart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borikav misses with a wild body shot.
Borikav connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urquhart tries to clinch but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav fires out a quick counter leg kick but Urquhart just manages to avoid it.
Urquhart scores with a jab.
Urquhart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urquhart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borikav showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Urquhart.

Urquhart scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Borikav to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

It looks like Alekzandr Borikav has been cut.
Borikav lands with a shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Borikav 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borikav misses with a body shot.
Borikav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Urquhart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Borikav looks to score with a jab to the body but Urquhart is just out of range.
Urquhart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borikav manages to avoid it.
Borikav connects with a single shot there.
Urquhart changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Urquhart forces Borikav back against the cage and clinches.

Borikav pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Borikav lands with a nice body punch.
Borikav just misses with a punch to the body.
Urquhart scores with a nice head shot.
Urquhart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Urquhart swings for the body but Borikav moves out of range.
Urquhart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Borikav displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Urquhart throws out the jab.
Borikav appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Borikav swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urquhart wants to counter with a clinch but Borikav pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borikav stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Borikav takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Urquhart tries to clinch but Borikav is having none of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Borikav.
Urquhart throws a sloppy head kick and Borikav moves out of range easily.
Urquhart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borikav.
Borikav throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Urquhart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Urquhart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borikav lands a jab.
Borikav motions for Urquhart to come forward. Borikav throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Urquhart misses with a head kick.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Urquhart moved out of range.
Urquhart on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urquhart defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
And Urquhart responds with a good body kick, but Borikav manages to step out the way in time.
Borikav is looking to score with low kicks.
Urquhart raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Borikav swings for the body but Urquhart moves out of range.
Urquhart unleashes a big counter combination but Borikav bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Urquhart bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Borikav's head backwards.
A left lands for Borikav.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Feargus Urquhart should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Alekzandr Borikav's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Urquhart throws a head kick that misses.
Borikav takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Borikav ducks under a wild hook from Urquhart.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Borikav.
Borikav lands a body shot.
Urquhart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Urquhart checks a leg kick.
Alekzandr Borikav is winning the standup battle so far.
Urquhart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borikav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Urquhart takes a swing at Borikav's ribcage but misses.
Borikav is looking to counter punch.
Borikav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urquhart.
Borikav throws a body punch but Urquhart moves out of range.
Borikav takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borikav is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Urquhart.
Borikav pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Urquhart gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Borikav.
Urquhart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Urquhart throws a push kick but Borikav slaps the foot to one side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Borikav cracks Urquhart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borikav scores with a jab to the body.
Borikav just misses with a punch to the body.
Borikav checks a low kick from Urquhart.
Borikav swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Urquhart lands with a straight right. Borikav didn't see that one coming.
Urquhart connects with a right hand. Borikav shakes it off.
Urquhart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Borikav throws a body punch but Urquhart moves out of range.
Urquhart lands with a slapping head kick.
Borikav misses with an uppercut. Urquhart saw that one coming.
Urquhart avoids the body shot from Borikav.
A head kick misses from Urquhart.
Urquhart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borikav.
Borikav avoids the body shot from Urquhart.
Borikav avoids the head kick by Urquhart.
A little feinted left hand from Borikav on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Urquhart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urquhart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Borikav.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urquhart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urquhart throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Borikav counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Urquhart tries to bum rush Borikav with a series of wild strikes but Borikav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Urquhart misses with a body shot.
Urquhart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Urquhart takes a swing at Borikav's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Urquhart wants to land a leg kick but Borikav is out of range.
Borikav misses with a leg kick.
Urquhart is looking to clinch.
Borikav wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Urquhart throws a lazy right hand but Borikav sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Urquhart tries a head kick but it misses.
Borikav throwing a counter right hand but Urquhart manages to avoid it.
Borikav keeps the fight on the outside.
Borikav throws a looping overhand right but Urquhart ducks down to avoid it.
Urquhart looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Urquhart walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Borikav checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Borikav uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urquhart.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Borikav misses.
Urquhart was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Urquhart throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Borikav connects with a right hand. Urquhart shakes it off.
Urquhart walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Borikav checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Borikav tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urquhart was well out of range. Poor timing from Borikav.
Borikav walks into a jab.
Urquhart on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Urquhart closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Borikav pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Urquhart on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Borikav swats away the attempt to clinch by Urquhart.
Borikav connects with a good right hand that stumbles Urquhart. Urquhart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Borikav throws a body shot but no joy.
Urquhart missing with a left hand there. Borikav was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Urquhart tries to clinch up but Borikav circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borikav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urquhart buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borikav lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to the liver by Borikav. Beautiful body shot.
Borikav blocks a head kick by Urquhart.
Urquhart misses with a low kick.
Urquhart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Borikav throws a hook but Urquhart blocks it.
Urquhart blocks a jab.
Borikav throws out a powerful jab.
Urquhart lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Borikav at a distance.

Urquhart clinches with his opponent.

Borikav pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Urquhart blocks a jab.
Borikav throws a jab but it's blocked by Urquhart.
Borikav looks to score with a jab to the body but Urquhart is just out of range.

Urquhart closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Feargus Urquhart will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alekzandr Borikav's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Urquhart tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borikav swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borikav scores with a hook.
Borikav takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Urquhart takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Urquhart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borikav lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Urquhart takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Borikav checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A little feinted left hand from Borikav on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Urquhart tries to clinch up but Borikav circles away and keeps his distance.
Urquhart loads up on a big right hand but Borikav slips the punch.
Borikav connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Borikav looks to land a right hand but Urquhart moved out of range.
Urquhart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Urquhart throws the kick towards the body but Borikav avoids it.
Urquhart has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Borikav finds it's way round the side to connect with Urquhart's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urquhart defending well as Borikav loads up on a big left hand.
Urquhart is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Borikav with a body shot.
Borikav listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquhart looks to land a body kick but Borikav moved away.
It looked like Borikav wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Urquhart has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Urquhart takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Borikav connects with a body shot that sends Urquhart's belly button to the back.
Borikav on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Urquhart tries to clinch but Borikav moves out of range.
Borikav stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Urquhart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borikav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Borikav lands with an overhand left.
Borikav looks to throw the jab but Urquhart is out of range.
Borikav avoids the body shot from Urquhart.
Borikav throws a body punch but Urquhart moves out of range.
Borikav tried to score with a low kick but Urquhart checks it.
Urquhart throws a push kick but Borikav slaps the foot to one side.
Borikav swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Urquhart throws an off balance right hand
and Borikav counters with a stiff right hand.
Urquhart slips under a jab from Borikav.
Borikav lands a nice hook to Urquhart's body. Urquhart takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borikav takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the liver by Urquhart. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borikav. Urquhart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Urquhart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Borikav throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Urquhart releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Urquhart throws the kick towards the body but Borikav avoids it.
Borikav throwing a counter right hand but Urquhart manages to avoid it.
Borikav ducks under a wild hook from Urquhart.
Urquhart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Urquhart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Borikav.
Borikav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urquhart.
Borikav keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urquhart.
Borikav jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borikav throws a chopping leg kick but Urquhart manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Borikav lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Borikav finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Borikav throws a good cross that connects.
Urquhart is looking to clinch.
Borikav throwing a counter right hand but Urquhart manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urquhart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borikav manages to avoid it.
Urquhart wants to clinch.
Urquhart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borikav moves away.
Urquhart misses with a low kick.
Borikav tries a head kick but it misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Urquhart.
Borikav cracks Urquhart with an open hand slap.
Borikav takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Urquhart lands a jab to the head.
Borikav misses with a wild body shot.
Borikav misses the jab.
Urquhart throws a push kick but Borikav slaps the foot to one side.
Urquhart throws a sloppy head kick and Borikav moves out of range easily.
Urquhart throws a low kick but it's checked well by Borikav.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urquhart throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Borikav's head.
Urquhart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Urquhart takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urquhart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urquhart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Urquhart tries to clinch up but Borikav circles away and keeps his distance.
Borikav throwing a counter right hand but Urquhart manages to avoid it.
Borikav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Urquhart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borikav.
Borikav checks a leg kick.
Borikav avoids the head kick by Urquhart.
Borikav tries to work over Urquhart's front leg with a kick but Urquhart checks it.
Borikav lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Borikav digs a good hook to Urquhart's body.
Borikav scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Urquhart doesn't seem bothered though.
Borikav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urquhart throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Urquhart misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alekzandr Borikav showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Borikav has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Feargus Urquhart!
Feargus Urquhart decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.