PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Bosworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Berry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Berry
vs
Bosworth

200 cm
26
270 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

190 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Berry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Bosworth!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bosworth looks to score with a jab to the body but Berry is just out of range.
A punch combination from Berry misses.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bosworth misses with a right hand
and Berry counters with a nice leg kick.
Berry moves away from the strike by Bosworth.
Bosworth misses with a right hand
and Berry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Berry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Berry misses with a series of wild punches.
Bosworth throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Berry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Berry slips under a jab from Bosworth.
Berry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bosworth.
Berry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bosworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Berry.
A chopping leg kick lands by Berry.
A jab from Bosworth finds it's way through Berry's defenses.
John Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Berry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice defenses there by Berry.

Berry moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berry scores with a one two! Bosworth had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Berry darts in and clinches Bosworth up against the cage.

Berry breaks the clinch.
Bosworth lands a right hook to the body.
Berry misses with the combination.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Berry.
Bosworth has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bosworth.
Berry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bosworth's head.
Berry throws a one two combo.
Berry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bosworth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berry avoids the body shot from Bosworth.

Berry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bosworth is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Berry manages to break the clinch.
Berry ducks right into an uppercut from Bosworth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
A nice inside leg kick there by Berry. That's going to slow Bosworth down.
Berry misses with the combination.
Berry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bosworth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Berry staying out of range there.
Bosworth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like John Berry has been cut.
Bosworth misses with a wild body shot.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berry throws a hook but Bosworth avoids it easily.
Berry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Berry.
Berry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bosworth misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a leg kick but Bosworth sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bosworth rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Berry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jab by Bosworth.
Bosworth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Bosworth misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Berry counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Berry manages to break the clinch.

Berry moves into the clinch.

Berry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bosworth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berry is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosworth just misses with a punch to the body.
Bosworth scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berry in his tracks.
Bosworth misses the shot to the body.
Bosworth lands a jab to the head.
Bosworth uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Berry has time to react.
Bosworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berry ducks under a wild hook from Bosworth.

Bosworth lands a big right hand that sends Berry crashing to the mat! Bosworth stays standing though and waves Berry back to his feet!

Berry is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosworth lands with a good body shot.
Oh Berry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bosworth grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Berry takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Bosworth cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brian Bosworth!
Brian Bosworth is the new heavyweight champion!