PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louis Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Price
vs
Berry

185 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Louis Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, John Berry!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price with a lazy takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a stiff right hand.
Price misses with a takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Price looks to throw a body kick
and Berry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Price with a poor takedown
and Berry counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Price tries to clinch
and Berry counters with a nice uppercut.
Price closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
Berry circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Berry counter with a right hand.
Louis Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Price darts in trying to clinch
and Berry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Berry misses.
Price closes the distance but Berry moves to the side
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Price misses with a hook
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
Price tries to clinch up
and Berry counters with a three punch combo that has Price backing up. Price nods at Berry to acknowledge the strikes.
Price tries for a takedown but Berry circles away easily
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Price's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Berry lands with a straight right. Price didn't see that one coming.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Berry counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Price's guard now.

Berry gets to his feet - Price follows without any prompting.
Price has his takedown stuffed
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Price fails with the takedown
and Berry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Price is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price closes the distance looking to clinch
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
Price tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Berry counters with a nice kick to the body.
Price looks to clinch
and Berry counters with a left and a right that stings Price.
Price throws a sloppy head kick
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
Berry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Berry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Berry.
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berry is working the combinations to good effect here.
Berry misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price has his takedown stuffed
and Berry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Price. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Berry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Price shoots and misses
and Berry counters with a left and a right that stings Price.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berry misses with a combination

and Price counters with a takedown into side control.
Berry is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Price throws a sloppy head kick
and Berry counters with a three punch combo that has Price backing up. Price nods at Berry to acknowledge the strikes.
Price misses with a takedown
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
A nice combination there by Berry.
Berry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Berry scores with a four punch combination!
Some wild striking there from Berry.
Price misses with a takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Price tries to land a body kick
and Berry counters with a nice body kick.
Price misses with a shot to the body
and Berry counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berry scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry lands with a nice combination. Price backs away looking to recover.
Price avoids a punch combination nicely.
Price dodges the punch combination from Berry.
Price is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Berry.
Berry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A shot to the body from Price misses
and Berry counters with a low kick, right behind Price 's knee.
Price tries to clinch but Berry moves away
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Berry shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Price eats them both and turns towards Berry to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price with a poor takedown
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Price makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
John Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berry scores with a one two! Price had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Berry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a nice uppercut.
Price misses with a takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a nice leg kick.
Price closes the distance but Berry moves to the side
and Berry counters with a left and a right that stings Price.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Price.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Price misses
and Berry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Berry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
Berry misses with a few strikes there.
Price gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Berry counters with a good, hard body kick but Price shrugs it off.
Berry's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Berry duly obliges.
Price misses with a jab to the body
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.

Price is rocked!
A head kick by Price misses
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
Oh Price is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Louis Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Price darts in trying to clinch
and Berry counters with a right hand to the body.
Berry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Berry.
Berry digs a good hook to Price's body.
Price gets cracked there but stands up to it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Price shoots and misses
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
Berry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Berry scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Berry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Price fails with the takedown
and Berry counters with a series of strikes that practically lifts Price off his feet! He tumbles backwards, his head bouncing off the mat - Berry follows up with more strikes before the ref can step in but Price was out before he hit the floor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Berry!