PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vikiing Berserker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vikiing Berserker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Berserker
vs
Gardner

185 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
230 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vikiing Berserker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner connects with the punch.
Berserker scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Berserker does it's job there.
Gardner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gardner throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gardner takes a swing at Berserker's ribcage but misses.

Berserker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gardner, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berserker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Berserker managing to block the knees to the body from Gardner.
Berserker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berserker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berserker blocks a body shot from Gardner.
Gardner scores with a shoulder strike.
Gardner has a couple of punches blocked by Berserker.
Gardner throws a head punch that misses.
Berserker is struggling to control the position.
Gardner tries a body shot but Berserker blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berserker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gardner throws an elbow but it misses.
Berserker avoiding damage.
Gardner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berserker is defending well for now.
Gardner is working Berserker over against the cage.
Gardner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gardner lands an elbow that stopped Berserker in his tracks for a moment.
Gardner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardner.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Berserker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gardner throws an elbow but misses.
Gardner wants to get back to striking at distance but Berserker won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for Berserker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berserker lands with a right to the head.
Berserker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gardner looks gassed!
Berserker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardner.
Berserker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Gardner misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gardner.
Gardner has a couple of punches blocked by Berserker.
Berserker keeps control of Gardner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Berserker.
Berserker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gardner working aggressively here.
Gardner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gardner misses with a hook to the ribs.

Berserker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berserker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gardner manages to avoid it.
Gardner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Berserker checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserker throws an overhand right that lands on Gardner's shoulder, as Gardner tries to avoid the shot.
Berserker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gardner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gardner throws an off balance right hand
and Berserker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Berserker slips a straight right by Gardner.
Gardner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Berserker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gardner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gardner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gardner wants to slow Berserker down by chopping away at his legs.
Gardner throws the kick towards the body but Berserker avoids it.
Gardner keeps the fight on the outside.
Berserker moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gardner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Berserker counters with a one-two to the body.
Berserker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berserker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gardner's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardner misses with a hook
enabling Berserker to counter with a crisp jab.
Berserker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Berserker tries to clinch up.
Berserker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardner.
Gardner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gardner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berserker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berserker scores with a jab.
Berserker punishes Gardner's body with a nice straight punch.
Berserker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gardner was well out of range. Poor timing from Berserker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vikiing Berserker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Berserker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Some wild striking there from Gardner.
Gardner throws a body kick that misses.
Gardner looks to throw the jab but Berserker is out of range.
Gardner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berserker.
Berserker blocks a low kick nicely.
Berserker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gardner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gardner ducks under a wild hook from Berserker.
Crunch! Gardner slams his shin into Berserker's torso.
A slow jab from Berserker misses its intended target.
Gardner connects with a right hand. Berserker shakes it off.
No joy there for Gardner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner throws a series of strikes that have Berserker backpedaling.
Gardner throws an off balance right hand
and Berserker counters with a nice body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gardner.
Gardner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot by Berserker.
Nice uppercut there from Berserker.

Gardner is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardner thows a body shot but no joy.
Gardner misses with a hook to the body
and Berserker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gardner is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardner. Berserker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gardner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Berserker clinches.
Gardner being controlled against the cage.
Berserker prevents Gardner from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner can't break the clinch.
Berserker slowing the pace effectively.
Berserker lands with a left to the head.
Berserker leaning against his opponent.
Berserker scores with a shot to the side of Gardner's head.
Gardner misses with some punches.
Berserker misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gardner tries to land knees in the clinch but Berserker avoids the damage to the body.
Berserker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Berserker.
Gardner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berserker.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gardner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gardner fails to land.
Gardner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Berserker.
A right handed body shot lands from Berserker.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berserker's elbow.
Good body shot from Berserker.
Vikiing Berserker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Berserker.
Berserker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Berserker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Berserker is pushing Gardner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Berserker avoids the elbow strike from Gardner, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Gardner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserker can't find room to land a body shot as Gardner controls the action.
Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Berserker struggles to land a body shot inside as Gardner controls his hands.
Berserker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gardner up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Gardner.
Berserker tries a body shot but Gardner blocks it.
Gardner pushes off an throws an elbow but Berserker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Berserker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gardner up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Berserker for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner tries to work over Berserker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vikiing Berserker dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Gardner throws a body punch but Berserker moves out of range.
Berserker misses with a looping right.
Gardner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gardner swats away the attempt to clinch by Berserker.
Gardner throws the left hand but Berserker avoids the punch easily.
Gardner misses with a looping left.
Gardner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gardner swings for the body but Berserker moves out of range.
Gardner lands a nice hook to Berserker's body. Berserker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Josh Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gardner throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gardner throws a looping overhand right but Berserker ducks down to avoid it.
Gardner lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner connects with a jab.
Gardner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardner throws a combination that misses
and Berserker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berserker thows a body shot but no joy.
Berserker avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Gardner works Berserker's body with a nice hook.
Berserker staying out of range there.
Berserker misses with a body shot.
Gardner throws a hook but Berserker blocks it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gardner. Berserker shrugs it off though.
Gardner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gardner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Berserker.
Gardner staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserker looks to score with a jab to the body but Gardner is just out of range.
Berserker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Berserker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berserker lands with a shot to the body.
Gardner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardner throws a leg kick but Berserker sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gardner tried to score with a low kick but Berserker checks it.
Gardner throws an off balance right hand
and Berserker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Berserker takes a swing at Gardner's ribcage but misses.
Gardner attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Gardner misses.
Berserker lands with an overhand left.
Gardner ducks under a wild hook from Berserker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Berserker checks a leg kick.
Berserker slips under a jab from Gardner.
Gardner misses the shot to the body.
Gardner throws a wild body kick that Berserker sees coming a mile off.
Gardner looks for the body kick but Berserker saw that one coming.
Berserker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gardner manages to avoid it.
Berserker tries to clinch up but Gardner circles away and keeps his distance.
Gardner scores with a hook.
Gardner throws a big shot that misses.
Berserker lands a nice shot that snaps Gardner's head back.
Vikiing Berserker is winning the standup battle so far.
Gardner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gardner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berserker.
Berserker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gardner blocks a jab.
Berserker moves out of range as Gardner strikes.
Josh Gardner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gardner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Berserker clinches.
Berserker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gardner pushes off an throws an elbow but Berserker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gardner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berserker avoids it.
Gardner scores with a shot to the side of Berserker's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Josh Gardner.
Well Berserker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vikiing Berserker!