Scouting Report: Adam Borics via LevPisarsky Bellator286
Borics does not hunt for takedowns in the clinch, but he has proven challenging to ground himself due to solid strength and technique. In the meantime, he has a dangerous knee with which he will tag opponents.
Difficult to say since he never pursues this avenue, especially at his current level. Given those variables, it seems safe to assume he does not excel here.Generally stuffs attempts well, though he was taken down again and again by Pico, an accomplished and gifted wrestler.Excellent. Good hips allow for fluid and athletic hip escapes, all while showing strong balance. At other times, he posts up in an agile manner at the first opportunity and can wall walk nicely.Adept at taking the back and advancing from there, as well as transitioning to the backpack position. He can finish comfortably with a rear-naked choke, as evidenced by the fact that he has done so twice in Bellator.Extremely active off his back while throwing up agile submission attempts, but he can get impatient and make mistakes.Top Control: Likely serviceable, but he has not often found himself on top against opponents who were especially skilled at getting back to their feet.Borics’ grappling plays into his well-roundedness, as he can use it to defeat opponents with weaknesses on the ground. Only the top grapplers can exploit him on the mat and perhaps not as much anymore, as he has undoubtedly worked on this area of his game since the loss to Caldwell—the lone blemish on an otherwise perfect amateur and professional resume. Borics boasts excellent Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the top, excels at taking the back and using positional dominance to finish with the rear-naked choke and shows an affinity for the backpack position. From the bottom, he gets to his feet without much issue by using wall walks or hip escapes. Borics likes to throw out submission attempts in volume, and his wrestling skills and ground-and-pound are solid if unspectacular.Above average, as exemplified by his jumping knees and his ability hold his own in close quarters and on the mat.Barely slows down despite fighting at a fast pace. He showed tremendous energy in defeating and outlasting a cardio machine in