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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khunbish Borjigin (ranked 285 p4p, 38 weight class) and John Puller (ranked 117 p4p, 19 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Khunbish Borjigin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Puller!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puller jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Borjigin misses with a looping right.
Borjigin throws a head kick that Puller semi-blocks.
Borjigin throws out a leg kick but Puller moves out of range and Borjigin only half commits.
Puller lands the left hand.
Borjigin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Puller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borjigin manages to avoid it.
Puller avoids the head kick by Borjigin.
Puller doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
An inside leg kick from Puller misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Borjigin misses the target.
Puller lands with a nice body kick.
Borjigin moves out of range of the body kick from Puller.
Borjigin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Borjigin throws a body shot but no joy.
Borjigin throws a poor cross that misses
and Puller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Puller throws a lazy right hand but Borjigin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Borjigin avoids the body shot from Puller.
Borjigin throws a body punch but Puller moves out of range.
Puller throws a body punch but Borjigin moves out of range.
Puller has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Puller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puller feints a counter leg kick.
Borjigin scores with a hook.
Puller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Puller scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Puller throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borjigin.
Puller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borjigin or not.
A short right from Puller.
Borjigin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puller does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Borjigin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Puller avoids the body shot from Borjigin.
Crunch! Borjigin slams his shin into Puller's torso.
A cross from Puller lands.
Borjigin scores with a nice body kick.
Borjigin walks into a stiff left hand from Puller.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puller misses with an attempted mid kick.
Borjigin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Borjigin misses with a looping right.
Borjigin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Borjigin connects with a jab.
Borjigin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puller.
Borjigin moves out of range of the body kick from Puller.
It looked like Borjigin was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Borjigin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puller scores with a hook.
Borjigin misses with a hook. Puller ducked under it nicely.
Borjigin ducks under a wild hook from Puller.
Puller throws the left hand but Borjigin avoids the punch easily.
Borjigin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Puller just manages to avoid it.
Borjigin scores with a nice strike.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borjigin!
Borjigin staying out of range there.
Borjigin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Puller just manages to avoid it.
Puller slips a jab from Borjigin.
Puller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Borjigin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Puller looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Puller misses with a body shot.
Puller misses the jab.
Puller moves out of range of the body kick.
A clash of legs there as Puller blocks the low kick.
Puller throws a leg kick but Borjigin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Borjigin.
Borjigin misses with a low kick.
Borjigin scores with a punch to the head.
Puller avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That kick from Borjigin tenderised Puller's leg. Puller is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borjigin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Borjigin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Puller has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Puller and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Puller lands with a nice body punch.
Puller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borjigin.
Borjigin throws an overhand right that lands on Puller's shoulder, as Puller tries to avoid the shot.
Puller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borjigin manages to avoid it.
Puller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Borjigin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Puller.
Puller defending well as Borjigin loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puller! But no joy.
Borjigin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puller moves away.
Good leg kick by Borjigin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puller misses with an uppercut. Borjigin saw that one coming.
A clash of legs there as Puller blocks the low kick.
Borjigin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puller is out of range and Borjigin settles back down.
Puller replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Borjigin blocks it well.
Borjigin thumps Puller with a low kick.
Puller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Borjigin scores with a leg kick.
Puller slips under a jab.
Puller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Puller thumps Borjigin with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borjigin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It seemed like Puller was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Puller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Borjigin to score with a decent uppercut.
Borjigin just misses with a punch to the body.
Puller appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Puller lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Puller throws a jab but it's blocked by Borjigin.
Puller misses with an attempted mid kick.
Borjigin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Borjigin throws a body punch but Puller moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Puller checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Borjigin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borjigin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puller! But no joy.
Puller moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Borjigin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Borjigin throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borjigin misses with a low kick.
Borjigin looks to throw a body kick
and Puller makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Borjigin lands a jab.
Borjigin wants to slow Puller down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice side step and Puller releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Puller takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Khunbish Borjigin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Puller staying out of range there.
Borjigin ducks under a wild hook from Puller.
Puller looks to land a right hand but Borjigin moved out of range.
Borjigin scoring well with a low kick there.
Borjigin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Borjigin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borjigin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Puller counters with a nice low kick that buckles Borjigin's knee momentarily.
Borjigin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Borjigin throws a solid leg kick but Puller takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Borjigin.
Borjigin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Puller in his tracks.
Khunbish Borjigin is winning the standup battle so far.
Borjigin misses with a low kick.
Puller scores with a decent looking hook.
Borjigin scores with a leg kick.
Puller walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Borjigin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A counter left hand to the body from Borjigin misses its target.
Borjigin misses with a looping right.
That kick from Puller tenderised Borjigin's leg. Borjigin is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puller misses with an uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Puller blocks the low kick.
Borjigin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puller is out of range and Borjigin settles back down.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Borjigin. Beautiful body shot.
Borjigin ducks right into an uppercut from Puller.
Borjigin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Borjigin tenderised Puller's leg. Puller is trying to keep his angry face on.
Borjigin looks to score with a jab to the body but Puller is just out of range.
Borjigin lands a jab to Puller's midsection.
Puller comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Puller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Borjigin ducks under a wild hook from Puller.
Borjigin half committed to a counter leg kick.
Puller connects with an inside leg kick.
Puller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borjigin.
Borjigin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puller throws out the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Borjigin lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puller lands the left hand.
Puller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Puller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borjigin lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puller takes a swing at Borjigin's ribcage but misses.
Borjigin feints and then cracks Puller's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puller down.
Puller punishes Borjigin's body with a nice straight punch.
Puller comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Borjigin connects with a leg kick. Puller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Puller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puller lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Borjigin checks the leg kick.
Puller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borjigin was well out of range. Poor timing from Puller.
Nice defenses there by Borjigin.
Borjigin throwing a counter right hand but Puller manages to avoid it.
Puller throws a sloppy body shot
and Borjigin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puller avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borjigin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puller.
Borjigin misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Puller on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Borjigin ducks right into an uppercut from Puller.
Borjigin misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borjigin scores with a sloppy right hand. Puller should have avoided that one.
Borjigin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Puller with a nice cross.
Borjigin misses the jab.
Borjigin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Puller.
Puller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borjigin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Puller throws out a loose jab but Borjigin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puller lands a nice looking body shot.
Puller is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Borjigin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Puller.
Puller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borjigin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Puller on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
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!
Puller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Borjigin cracks Puller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Puller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Borjigin.
Puller cracks a nice hook into Borjigin's ribs.
Puller throws a right hand that misses
and Borjigin counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borjigin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Puller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borjigin moves away.
Borjigin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puller.
Puller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Borjigin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Borjigin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Puller catches Borjigin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Puller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Borjigin.
Puller throws a looping overhand right but Borjigin ducks down to avoid it.
Borjigin slips under a jab.
Puller throws a body punch but Borjigin moves out of range.
Borjigin throws a chopping leg kick but Puller manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Borjigin throws a solid leg kick but Puller takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Borjigin.
Puller drops his hands momentarily and Borjigin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Borjigin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puller scores with a hook to the body. Borjigin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borjigin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Puller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Puller throws out a leg kick but Borjigin moves out of range and Puller only half commits.
Puller finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Borjigin cracks Puller with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Khunbish Borjigin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Puller moves out of range of the body kick.
Puller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Puller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puller! But no joy.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borjigin misses with a low kick as Puller jumps back.
Borjigin tries to land a front kick but Puller steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Puller blocks a head kick by Borjigin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Puller. Borjigin shrugs it off though.
Puller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borjigin.
Borjigin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puller misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Borjigin misses the target.
Borjigin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puller manages to avoid it.
Borjigin slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puller scores with a shot to the body.
Borjigin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Puller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big left from Puller misses.
Puller throws a leg kick but Borjigin moved away.
Borjigin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Borjigin takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Borjigin throws an overhand right that lands on Puller's shoulder, as Puller tries to avoid the shot.
Puller blocks the body kick.
Borjigin misses with a hook. Puller ducked under it nicely.
Borjigin misses the shot to the body.
Borjigin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puller digs a good body shot into Borjigin's ribs.
Borjigin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puller's sensitive parts.
Borjigin throws a hook but Puller avoids it easily.
Puller misses the jab.
Borjigin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Puller scoring well with a low kick there.
A cross from Puller lands.
Puller throws a hook to the side of Borjigin's head but Borjigin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borjigin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Puller lands with an uppercut that bounces Borjigin off the cage and back into range.
Puller on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
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!
Borjigin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puller.
Puller moves away from the strike by Borjigin.
Puller appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Borjigin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Borjigin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Borjigin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puller lands with a cross.
Borjigin moves out of range as Puller throws a body kick.
Borjigin defending well as Puller loads up on a big left hand.
Puller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Borjigin throws out the jab.
Puller throws a body punch but Borjigin moves out of range.
Borjigin misses with a leg kick.
Puller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puller misses the shot to the body.
Borjigin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puller takes a swing at Borjigin's ribcage but misses.
Puller has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Borjigin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Puller - that will leave a mark!
Borjigin misses with a straight left.
Borjigin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Puller looks to land a right hand but Borjigin moved out of range.
Borjigin drops his hands momentarily and Puller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Puller wants to land a leg kick but Borjigin is out of range.
Puller tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Borjigin.
Borjigin stuns Puller with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slow jab from Borjigin misses its intended target.
Puller throws a quick inside leg kick.
Puller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Borjigin's head.
Puller checks a leg kick nicely.
Borjigin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Borjigin throws a leg kick but Puller sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Puller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Puller misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borjigin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Borjigin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puller checks a leg kick.
Borjigin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puller is able to avoid easily.
Puller swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Borjigin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheers as Puller lands an impressive looking overhand right. Borjigin doesn't seem phased though.
Puller attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Borjigin fails to land with a series of punches.
Puller lands a leg kick that knocks Borjigin off balance momentarily.
Puller blocks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puller.
A telegraphed right hand from Borjigin misses the target.
Puller throws a hook to the side of Borjigin's head but Borjigin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borjigin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sloppy strikes from Borjigin. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Puller.
A shot to the liver by Puller. Beautiful body shot.
John Puller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borjigin tries to land a leg kick but Puller saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to John Puller.
I think Borjigin 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khunbish Borjigin!
A very excited looking Khunbish Borjigin rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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