PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Elvis Bika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bika comes to the cage accompanied by My Decision. Berry has chosen Cant be touched-Roy Jones Jr. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bika
vs
Berry

169 cm
24
151 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elvis Bika!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Berry!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bika throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berry throws a hook but Bika blocks it.
Bika looks to throw the jab but Berry is out of range.
Berry throws a combination that misses
and Bika counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mark Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berry cracks a nice hook into Bika's ribs.
Berry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bika walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Berry misses with a looping right.
Berry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Berry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Berry looks to land a right hand but Bika moved out of range.
Berry thuds his right hand into Bika's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Berry moves away from the strike by Bika.
Nice shot lands for Berry.
Berry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Berry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Berry misses.
Berry slips a jab from Bika.
Berry swings for the body but Bika moves out of range.
Berry throws a right and a left that Bika avoids nicely.
Berry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mark Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bika throws a big shot that misses.
Bika throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Berry misses the body punch
and Bika counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bika throws out a loose jab but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bika connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Berry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Berry clobbers Bika with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berry's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Berry duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Berry lands with an overhand left.
Berry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bika had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berry tries to bum rush Bika with a series of wild strikes but Bika uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Berry slips under a jab from Bika.
Berry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Berry misses with a two punch combination.
Bika walks into a jab.
Bika avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bika shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Berry as he jumps to the side.
Berry looks to land a left hand but Bika moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bika finds it's way through Berry's defenses.
Berry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry misses with a two punch combination.
Berry jabs at Bika's body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bika.
Berry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bika moves out of range of the strikes.
Berry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bika.
Bika looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berry is fending him off so far but Bika persists. Nope, Berry circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elvis Bika. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bika doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bika counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bika.
Bika is standing up over Berry. Berry looks to escape but Bika dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bika working the ground and pound but Berry is defending the strikes.
Berry is looking for a sweep.
Bika misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Berry manages to get back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bika with the ground and pound but Berry uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bika throws and elbow that misses. Berry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bika's guard. Nice move by Berry!
Berry stopping the sweep attempt from Bika.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Berry dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Berry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry throws an overhand right that lands on Bika's shoulder, as Bika tries to avoid the shot.
Berry with a hook.
Bika connects with a good right hand that stumbles Berry. Berry circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bika slips a jab and a cross from Berry.
Berry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Berry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bika stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bika misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Bika misses its intended target.
Bika falls off balance throwing a combination
and Berry counters with a stiff right hand.
Elvis Bika is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bika dodges the punch combination from Berry.
Berry lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from Bika misses its intended target.
Berry misses with a body shot

and Bika decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Berry's guard.
Bika throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bika cracks Berry with a solid left hand.
Berry wants to get back to his feet but Bika is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bika throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bika is looking to work some ground and pound but Berry has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bika trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bika might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bika working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bika postures up in Berry's guard and throws a big left but Berry blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Berry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Berry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bika ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Berry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bika sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berry thows a body shot but no joy.
Berry misses with a double jab
and Bika counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Berry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bika doesn't seem phased though.
Berry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bika sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bika gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Berry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Berry tries to bum rush Bika with a series of wild strikes but Bika uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Berry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Berry lands a jab to Bika's midsection.
Berry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bika uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.
A big left from Berry misses.
Bika misses with a looping left.
Berry misses with an uppercut. Bika saw that one coming.
Berry misses with a series of wild punches.
Berry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bika stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bika misses with a leg kick.
Berry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bika takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Berry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bika throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
Mark Berry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berry scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berry digs a good body shot into Bika's ribs.
Bika looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bika takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bika throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Berry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Berry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Berry.

Bika closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bika.
Bika blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berry avoiding damage as Bika throws knees to the body.
Bika working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Berry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bika slowing the pace effectively.
Bika prevents Berry from breaking the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Bika.
Bika throws an elbow that misses.

Berry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bika.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bika on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bika uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.
Berry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bika bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bika throws a hook but Berry blocks it.
Berry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bika counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bika.
Bika throws and elbow that misses. Berry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bika's guard. Nice move by Berry!
Berry stopping the sweep attempt from Bika.
Berry is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bika has control of Berry's left arm, preventing Berry from doing any damage.
Berry stopping the sweep attempt from Bika.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bika's guard.
Berry tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Berry controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Berry stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Bika to get to his feet.
Berry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berry jabs Bika right on the nose. Bika blinks but takes it well.
Berry defending well as Bika loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Elvis Bika did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Berry lands a nice shot that snaps Bika's head back.
Bika misses with an uppercut. Berry saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Berry.
Berry takes a swing at Bika's ribcage but misses.
Berry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bika throws a big shot that misses.
Bika moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bika takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bika uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berry.
Berry lands a nice looking body shot.
Bika uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berry.
Bika closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bika lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry just misses with a punch to the body.
Berry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Berry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bika takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bika misses with a jab to the body
and Berry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bika misses with a looping right.
Bika throws a hook but Berry avoids it easily.
Bika ducks under a wild hook from Berry.
Berry stuffs the takedown.
Berry throws a hook but Bika avoids it easily.
Berry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berry takes a swing at Bika's ribcage but misses.
Bika throws a jab when Berry was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bika.
Bika wants to clinch up but Berry keeps it at a distance.
Berry lands a really nice looking cross but Bika seems unphased.
A punch lands to the side of Bika 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bika falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Berry counter with a right hand.
Bika walks into a left hand.
Bika on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Berry misses with a hook.
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bika moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berry looks to score with a jab to the body but Bika is just out of range.
Bika walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a nice shot that snaps Bika's head back.
Berry misses with a wild combination.
Berry fails to land with a series of punches.
Berry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Bika does no damage.
Bika blocks a jab.
Berry misses with a two punch combination.
Berry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bika looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Left hook, right uppercut from Berry.
A big right from Bika misses.
Berry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bika uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bika shoots in and drives through. Berry sprawls well.
Berry connects with a crisp jab.
Bika fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elvis Bika. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Bika misses.
Bika takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Berry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bika shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Berry but Berry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Berry misses with a body shot
and Bika counters with an inside leg kick.
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bika moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Berry dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Berry misses with a series of wild punches.
Bika clobbers Berry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berry slips a straight right by Bika.
Berry misses with a body punch
and Bika connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bika manages to avoid it.
Berry avoids the body shot from Bika.
Bika's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bika duly obliges.
A punch lands to the side of Bika 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Berry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Berry.
Bika misses with a series of wild punches.
Berry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Berry throws a sloppy body shot
and Bika counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Berry.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bika.
Bika swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bika throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Berry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bika counters by moving into the clinch.
Bika lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bika stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Berry lands a left hand.
Berry tries to break free but Bika pushes him back against the cage.
Elvis Bika has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry wants to break free but Bika has control.
Bika is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bika pushes Berry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bika misses with a punch on the inside.
Bika tries to throw a body punch but Berry avoids it by throwing Bika back against the cage.
Bika throws a head punch that misses.
Bika swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Berry manages to break the clinch.
Bika ducks under a wild hook from Berry.
Nice uppercut there from Berry.
Berry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bika counters with an outside leg kick.
Bika displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berry throws out the jab.
Bika has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bika there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Berry looks to land a right hand but Bika moved out of range.
Berry misses with a body punch
and Bika counters with a left and a right that stings Berry.
Bika fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Bika throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Berry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bika throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bika throws a looping overhand right but Berry ducks down to avoid it.
Berry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bika.
Berry throws a hook but Bika avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bika backs up against the cage.
Bika misses with a two punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Berry.
Bika takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Berry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bika counters with a two punch combo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bika.
Berry scores with a kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Berry - just one landing.
Bika falls off balance throwing a combination
and Berry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bika gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mark Berry.
I think Berry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Berry!
Mark Berry is the new featherweight champion!