PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 4340 p4p, 5729 weight class) and Christian Gillet (ranked 546 p4p, 627 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Borgia
vs
Gillet

184 cm
23
200
4 - 7 - 1

177 cm
23
202
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FUClothing

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 4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Gillet!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gillet throws a head kick that misses.
Gillet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Borgia throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Christian Gillet has been cut.
Borgia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gillet doesn't seem bothered though.
Alexander Borgia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Borgia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Borgia lands with a light punch inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gillet takes a shot to the head.
Borgia definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gillet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borgia blocks it with crossed arms.
Gillet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gillet working aggressively here.

Borgia lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgia throwing shots but Gillet is blocking nicely.
Gillet tries to kick Borgia off but Borgia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Borgia is looking to stall here but Gillet recovers full guard.
Borgia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia wants to control from the top but Gillet keeps moving.
Borgia is stalling in the full guard.
Gillet preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borgia postures up in Gillet's guard and throws a big left but Gillet blocks it.
Borgia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Gillet is keeping the position.
Borgia is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Borgia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Borgia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Borgia forces his way into half guard.
Borgia is looking to stall here but Gillet recovers full guard.
Borgia controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Borgia throws a big right hand that misses.
Borgia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gillet keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Borgia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gillet keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gillet avoids a kick to the body.
BOOM! Borgia lands a beautiful left hook that drops Gillet. Gillet tries to recover but Borgia is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Gillet lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Borgia!
Alexander Borgia thanked the fans post fight for their support.