PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borg has chosen Flying in a Blue Dream as his entrance music. Borg has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Vince Borg has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Black's chin.

Black
vs
Borg

185 cm
25
215 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

190 cm
27
215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Black!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vince Borg!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borg bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Black's head.
Black lands a high kick!
Borg misses the shot to the body.
Borg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Black.
Borg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Borg looks gassed!
Borg throws a poor cross that misses
and Black makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Borg misses with a right hand
and Black counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A head kick from Black lands but Borg takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Borg tries to keep at a distance but Black has taken the fight into the clinch.
Black prevents a body shot from Borg.
Black lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Borg.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Borg.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
Black throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Black pushes Borg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borg's elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borgs head.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borg.
Borg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Black is working Borg over against the cage.
Black lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Black.
Borg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Black stalling in the clinch.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Borg controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands an uppercut.
Black misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Black.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Black lands with a short shot to the head.
Black lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Black.
Black has Borg pressed against the cage.
Black digs a right hand underneath Borg's ribcage. Borg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Borg controls his hands.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Borg has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to work over Borg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Borg can't find room to land a body shot as Black controls the action.
Black avoiding damage.
Borg prevents a body shot from Black.
Black lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Borg fails to land.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Borg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Borg misses with a body punch.
Borg throws a head punch that misses.
Black stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Borg avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black works on Borg's body with a couple of short punches.
Black scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Black.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Black manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Black misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Black misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Borg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Borg avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Borg throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borgs head.
Black lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Borg.
Black taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Black dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Black throws a nice outside leg kick.
Black tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Borg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Black comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Black misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Black.

Black closes the distance and clinches.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mike Black has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Black can't find room to land a body shot as Borg controls the action.
Black has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Borg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Black digs a right hand into Borg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Borg's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black tries to throw a body punch but Borg avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Come on Black - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borg's elbow.
Borg is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black has Borg pressed against the cage, preventing Borg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Black.
Black lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Black.
A short right from Black.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Borg is rocked!
Black lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Borg is still on wobbly legs! Can Black finish him?
Black scores with a hook to the body.
Black creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Borg's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Borg drops to his knees and Black pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Black!
Mike Black retains his light heavyweight title!