PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matvey Elin (ranked 4291 p4p, 3718 weight class) and Orduoronartai Bora (ranked 0 p4p, 401 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Elin
vs
Bora

186 cm
25
214
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matvey Elin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Orduoronartai Bora!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bora.
Bora fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Elin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bora sprawls well initially but Elin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Elin is keen to just control but Bora is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elin lands strikes from half guard.
Elin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Elin.
Elin is just content to waste time from the top position. Bora takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Elin looking to pass the guard.
Elin being controlled here momentarily.
Elin cracks Bora with a solid left hand.

Bora working for a triangle but Elin defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elin is looking to work some ground and pound but Bora has wrist control.
Elin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Bora is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Elin defends well.
Elin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Elin wants to pass the guard but Bora is keeping the position.
Elin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Elin 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.
Elin landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bora is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bora pulls Elin in to control the position.
Elin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Elin is stalling in the full guard.
Elin wants to control from the top but Bora keeps moving.
Elin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Elin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bora's guard.
Bora is looking to improve his position.
Elin passes to side control.
Elin is putting a hurting on Bora here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bora takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elin is putting a hurting on Bora here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bora on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bora looks winded!
Bora is looking to reverse the position.
Bora is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Elin lands some shots froms side control.
Elin working the ground and pound.

It looks like Orduoronartai Bora has been cut.
Bora takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Elin scoring with punches and elbows.
Elin lands a few punches from side control.
Bora is not content to let Elin control the position.
Elin working the head with strikes.
Elin looks up at the clock and then as Bora takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Elin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Elin trying to control the position but Bora is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elin working the body and head with strikes.
Elin advances nicely into full mount.
Elin landing shots from mount.
Elin landing shots from mount.
Elin lands a big shot there that rocks Bora but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Elin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Elin landing punches.
Elin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bora's face.
Bora takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Bora is rocked!
The referee warns Bora that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bora is still in real trouble! Can Elin finish him?
Elin wants to control the pace but Bora is squirming around nicely.
Bora seems to have recovered his senses.
Elin landing shots from mount.
Elin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matvey Elin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orduoronartai Bora's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Elin shoots in and bounces Bora off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That has opened up Orduoronartai Bora's cut even more.
Elin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bora can do to turn this around?
Elin stands and throws Bora's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Elin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bora to see if he's OK.
Elin tries to move to mount but Bora blocks the move with his legs.
Elin scores with punches from side control.
Elin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bora down.
You can see the frustration on Bora's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bora manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bora is breathing heavily.
Elin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Elin looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Elin.
Elin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

The cut above Orduoronartai Bora's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Elin is thwarting Bora's attempts to control the position.
Elin lands with a punch from half guard.

Orduoronartai Bora's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Orduoronartai Bora's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matvey Elin!