PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Sobhraj (ranked 3449 p4p, 4809 weight class) and Boris Bors (ranked 202 p4p, 249 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sobhraj might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to hurragutt. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Sobhraj
vs
Bors

171 cm
26
135
4 - 4 - 0

175 cm
19
136
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Sobhraj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Boris Bors!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bors fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bors connects with a leg kick.
Bors comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sobhraj on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bors. Bors obviously looking to wear him down.

Bors gets tackled into the cage by Sobhraj. Sobhraj maintains the clinch.
Bors lands a nice uppercut.
Bors softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bors just leaning against Sobhraj, taking a breather.
A short right from Bors.
Sobhraj misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bors as Sobhraj tries to tie him up.
Bors's coach down at Jorzi GYM was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bors's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bors lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bors working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Sobhraj lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sobhraj content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bors tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sobhraj's elbow.
Bors blocking some punches.
I was talking to Sobhraj's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Bors breaks the clinch.
A jab lands there for Bors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bors avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bors connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sobhraj momentarily.
Bors's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sobhraj under the eye.
Bors thuds a left hand into Sobhraj's body.
Bors lands with a right hand.

Sobhraj takes the fight into the clinch.
Sobhraj blocks a body shot from Bors.
A nice left hand lands by Bors.
Sobhraj tries to stall but Bors uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bors stalling in the clinch.
Bors misses with the head strike.
Bors stalling in the clinch.
Bors is working Sobhraj over against the cage.
Bors just leaning against Sobhraj, taking a breather.
Bors is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bors doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sobhraj throws a punch but it's blocked by Bors.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bors misses with a body punch.
Sobhraj tries to work over Bors's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Bors on the inside.
Bors lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Bors manages to break the clinch.
Sobhraj throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bors scores with a nice strike.
Charles Sobhraj seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobhraj shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bors defends it nicely.
Bors connects with a body shot that sends Sobhraj's belly button to the back.
Sobhraj gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bors checks a leg kick nicely.
Bors throws a body kick that misses

so Sobhraj counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sobhraj throws a big right hand that misses.
Bors controlling the position.
Bors avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sobhraj in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sobhraj trying to control the position from guard on top but Bors is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bors is trying to keep Sobhraj in close.
Sobhraj throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bors works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobhraj wants to control from the top but Bors keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sobhraj fails to land the takedown.
A little jabbing left from Bors on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bors checks the leg kick.
Bors uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sobhraj has time to react.
Sobhraj lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sobhraj throws a front kick aimed at Bors's knee but Bors avoids it well.
Bors stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bors looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sobhraj takes a jab right on the kisser.

Sobhraj is rocked!
Sobhraj on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oh Sobhraj is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bors scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bors lands with a hook. Sobhraj tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bors darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Sobhraj's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Bors before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Boris Bors!