PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason MacDougal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacDougal has chosen Scotland the Brave as his entrance music. The key to victory for John Berry has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Berry
vs
MacDougal

185 cm
25
185 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, John Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason MacDougal!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces MacDougal back to the cage. Berry follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
MacDougal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Berry tries to avoid it but MacDougal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Berry to the ground. Berry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
MacDougal with a poor takedown
and Berry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
MacDougal tries for a takedown but Berry circles away easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
John Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason MacDougal.
MacDougal doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Berry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
MacDougal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Berry counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry lands a right hook to the body.
Berry scores with a one two! MacDougal had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by MacDougal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of MacDougal.
MacDougal misses with a takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
Berry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berry feints a jab promting MacDougal to slip. Berry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. MacDougal slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
John Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacDougal misses with a takedown
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
MacDougal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Berry.
MacDougal gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Berry counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacDougal misses with a hook
and Berry counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
MacDougal doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Berry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacDougal dodges the punch combination from Berry.
John Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berry leaves MacDougal with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Berry looks to land a combination. MacDougal sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Berry lands with a thumping leg kick.
MacDougal misses with a combination
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!

MacDougal fails with the takedown
and Berry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
MacDougal throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
John Berry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MacDougal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacDougal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Berry circles away.
Berry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry lands a jab-cross combination.
MacDougal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a three punch combo that has MacDougal backing up. MacDougal nods at Berry to acknowledge the strikes.
John Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason MacDougal.
Berry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Berry lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacDougal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a stiff right hand.
Berry throws a nice looking combination but MacDougal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berry misses with a few strikes there.
MacDougal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a left and a right that stings MacDougal.
John Berry is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacDougal throws an off balance right hand
and Berry counters with a left to the body.
MacDougal misses with a right hand
and Berry counters with a three punch combo that has MacDougal backing up. MacDougal nods at Berry to acknowledge the strikes.
Berry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berry is working the combinations to good effect here.
MacDougal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a three punch combo that has MacDougal backing up. MacDougal nods at Berry to acknowledge the strikes.
Berry misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from MacDougal.
MacDougal with a lazy takedown attempt
and Berry counters with a nice kick to the body.
MacDougal is breathing heavily.
MacDougal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Berry.
MacDougal fails with the takedown
and Berry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Berry dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Berry throws a nice looking combination but MacDougal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berry shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. MacDougal eats them both and turns towards Berry to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Berry scores with a one two! MacDougal had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MacDougal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacDougal throws a lazy uppercut
and Berry counters with a two punch combo.
MacDougal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Berry gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDougal tries to free his leg and advance position but Berry is retaining full guard.

Berry pushes MacDougal off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and MacDougal counters with a shoot takedown. Berry fights it but they end up in guard.
MacDougal slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Berry is working an open guard so MacDougal takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry scores with a jab to the body.
MacDougal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Berry's waist but Berry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing MacDougal off to one side.
MacDougal fails with the takedown
and Berry counters with a one-two to the body.
Berry connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry misses with a double jab.
MacDougal shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Berry as he jumps to the side.
John Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason MacDougal.
Berry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Berry throws a series of punches but MacDougal avoids them all with ease.

MacDougal dives in and scores a takedown into Berry's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDougal won't allow Berry to get back to his feet.
MacDougal sitting in guard, not really doing much.
MacDougal stops Berry from standing up.
Jason MacDougal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacDougal seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason MacDougal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Berry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Berry!