PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 790 p4p, 784 weight class) and Vino Selvatico (ranked 121 p4p, 120 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Borgia
vs
Selvatico

184 cm
25
200
11 - 10 - 1

188 cm
27
188
11 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 10 - 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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vino Selvatico!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Borgia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Borgia misses with a two punch combination.
Borgia misses the jab.
Selvatico staying out of range there.
Selvatico lands a head shot.

Borgia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Borgia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Borgia throwing strikes but missing.
Borgia works over Selvatico with some ground and pound from guard.
Borgia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Selvatico really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Borgia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Borgia thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
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 lands a couple of digs.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borgia trying to control but Selvatico is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Selvatico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selvatico preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borgia cracks Selvatico with a solid left hand.
Borgia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Selvatico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Selvatico is keeping the position.
Borgia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Borgia looking to pass the guard.
Selvatico is trying to control the position but Borgia postures up.
Selvatico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is pushing down on Selvatico's leg trying to pass to half guard. Selvatico is fighting to maintain full guard but Borgia has managed to sneak the leg through.
Borgia thows a huge punch but Selvatico dodges it nicely.
Selvatico is trying to get back to full guard.
Borgia throwing shots but Selvatico is blocking nicely.
Borgia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Borgia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Borgia lands a nice short elbow.
Borgia is pressing down on Selvatico's thigh, looking to free his foot. Selvatico is holding on for now.
Borgia is trying to control the action in half guard but Selvatico is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Selvatico felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is pressing down on Selvatico's thigh, looking to free his foot. Selvatico is holding on for now.
Borgia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Borgia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Borgia wants to free his trapped foot but Selvatico is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Selvatico trying to hold on to Borgia's head to control him but Borgia postures up.
Borgia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Selvatico knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Borgia lands with a punch from half guard.
Borgia is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Borgia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Selvatico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.
Borgia throwing strikes from guard but Selvatico blocks nicely.
Borgia trying to control but Selvatico is working from the bottom.
Borgia throwing strikes but missing.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Selvatico is keeping the position.
Borgia is working Selvatico over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Borgia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Borgia moves out of range of the leg kick from Selvatico.
Borgia avoids the body shot from Selvatico.
Borgia avoids the body shot from Selvatico.
Borgia lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Borgia.
Borgia walks into a left hand.
Selvatico throws a big shot that misses.
Selvatico scores with a nice head shot.
Borgia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Selvatico lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab by Borgia.
Borgia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borgia throws a hook but Selvatico avoids it easily.
A combination from Borgia does no damage.
Selvatico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borgia moves away.

Borgia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Borgia thows a huge punch but Selvatico dodges it nicely.

Borgia is working for a kimura but Selvatico is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Borgia is trying to work for a kimura but Selvatico is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Selvatico manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Selvatico is trying to keep Borgia in close.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Selvatico is keeping the position.
Alexander Borgia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Borgia wants to control from the top but Selvatico keeps moving.
Selvatico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Selvatico is trying to control the position but Borgia postures up.

Selvatico has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Borgia off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Borgia lands with a nice body punch.
Selvatico throws a leg kick but Borgia moved away.
Borgia looks to score with a jab to the body but Selvatico is just out of range.
Selvatico swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borgia is looking to counter the offense by Selvatico and move into the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Selvatico enables Borgia to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Selvatico manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Borgia passes Selvatico's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Selvatico is looking to control Borgia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Selvatico avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Selvatico's head.
Selvatico is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Selvatico is not content to let Borgia control the position.
Selvatico keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Borgia working Selvatico over with strikes.

Borgia is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Selvatico is just riding it out for now. Borgia eventually gives up the hold.

Borgia wants to work for an arm triangle but Selvatico is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Selvatico on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Borgia is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Selvatico sees it coming and defends easily.
Selvatico is looking to escape.
Selvatico is trying to control but Borgia manages to pass to mount!
Selvatico is trying desperately to improve position.
Borgia looking to finish with strikes here!
Selvatico manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Borgia dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Selvatico keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Borgia misses with a looping right.
Borgia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Selvatico is fending him off so far but Borgia persists. Nope, Selvatico circles away and we're back to standing.
Selvatico appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Selvatico feints and then cracks Borgia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Borgia down.
Selvatico misses with a wild body shot.
Borgia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Selvatico can do to turn this around?
Selvatico misses with an uppercut. Borgia saw that one coming.
Selvatico delivers a nice body kick.
Selvatico lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Alexander Borgia has been cut.
Selvatico ducks under a wild hook from Borgia.
Borgia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Selvatico circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Borgia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Selvatico bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Borgia misses the jab.
Borgia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice sprawl there from Selvatico as Borgia shoots in.
A jab lands there for Selvatico.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selvatico scores with a nice body kick.
Borgia is looking to land body kicks.
Borgia throws out a loose jab but Selvatico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borgia misses with a body shot.
Borgia throws a right hand that misses
and Selvatico counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Borgia thinking.
Borgia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Selvatico counters with a low kick, right behind Borgia 's knee.
Vino Selvatico seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borgia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Selvatico.
Selvatico thumps Borgia with a low kick.
Selvatico wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Borgia misses with a takedown attempt
and Selvatico counters with a nice uppercut.
Selvatico lets loose with a powerful body kick. Borgia will feel that in the morning.
Selvatico moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Selvatico throws a front kick that sends Borgia stumbling back into the cage.
Alexander Borgia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Selvatico scores with a jab.
Selvatico lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vino Selvatico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alexander Borgia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selvatico fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Borgia swings for the body but Selvatico moves out of range.
Selvatico swings for the body but Borgia moves out of range.
Selvatico with the inside leg kick.
Selvatico ducks under a wild hook from Borgia.
Vino Selvatico is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Borgia misses with a few strikes there.
A lazy left from Selvatico finds it's target.
Selvatico connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Selvatico wants to land a leg kick but Borgia is out of range.
A nice leg kick from Selvatico, right into the meat of the thigh.
Selvatico misses with a body kick.
Borgia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Selvatico lands with a nice body kick.
Borgia walks forward, straight into a front kick from Selvatico.
Selvatico throws an off balance right hand
letting Borgia counter with a right hand.
Borgia blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selvatico moves out of range as Borgia strikes.
Borgia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Borgia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Selvatico lands a big right hand that sends Borgia crashing to the mat! Selvatico stays standing though and waves Borgia back to his feet!

Borgia is rocked!
Selvatico checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oh Borgia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Selvatico dances in with a quick combination. Borgia is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Selvatico snaps Borgia's head back. Borgia stumbles backwards against the cage. Selvatico steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Borgia's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Borgia just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vino Selvatico!
After winning the bout, Vino Selvatico thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.