UFC 207 results: Despite missing weight, Ray Borg takes dominant decision over Louis Smolka

LAS VEGAS – Ray Borg mauled Louis Smolka from start to finish in a dominating effort that saw everything but a finish from the aggressive grappler Borg.

While Smolka (11-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) put forth a strong defense, he had nothing for Borg (10-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who swarmed him on the mat in all three rounds and took the unanimous decision victory with scores of 30-27, 30-26, and 30-26.

The catchweight bout (Borg missed weight) opened up the main card of today’s UFC 207 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Borg wasted little time getting this fight to the floor, and when he did his advantage in the grappling department became apparent. While he may have been aided by the extra weight that caused him to miss the flyweight limit the day before the fight, he put it to good use in fast-paced scrambles that saw both men struggling for position in the first round.

Borg won those early ground battles by slim margins, but as the fight wore on the margins grew larger. He left Smolka cut and bloodied from elbows in the first, then hurt him with a punch as Borg stood inside his guard in the second.

From that point on, Smolka seemed like a shadow of himself. He trudged forward with grim resolve and very little evident enthusiasm, while Borg seemed to delight in dismantling him on the floor.

In the third, Borg locked up an arm-triangle choke from the top, and seemed like he might be close to finishing the fight. But Smolka toughed it out and eventually Borg released the choke, contenting himself to riding out the remaining minutes and claiming the one-sided decision win.

The victory gets Borg back in the win column for the first time since his unanimous decision loss to Justin Scoggins in February. Smolka has now lost two straight.

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(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in Las Vegas.)