PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Berkovitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce has chosen Joy Division - Atmosphere as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bobby Bruce was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Berkovitz
vs
Bruce

174 cm
25
167 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

169 cm
27
164 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Abraham Berkovitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berkovitz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruce.
Berkovitz tests Bruce's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bruce lands with a straight right. Berkovitz didn't see that one coming.

Berkovitz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bruce lands with a light punch inside.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Berkovitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berkovitz tries to throw a body punch but Bruce avoids it by throwing Berkovitz back against the cage.
Bruce looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bruce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Bruce scores with a nice short uppercut.

Berkovitz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berkovitz misses with an uppercut. Bruce saw that one coming.

Bruce closes the distance and pushes Berkovitz back into the cage.
Bruce blocks a body shot from Berkovitz.
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!
Berkovitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Berkovitz lands with a right to the head.
Bruce lands a right hand.
Bruce lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bruce creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkovitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruce throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bruce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Berkovitz pushes Bruce back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Bruce.
Berkovitz lands with a right to the head.
Bruce lands with a left to the head.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Berkovitz looking to stall.
Berkovitz lands with a left to the head.
Berkovitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruce.
Bruce lands an elbow inside.
Berkovitz dodges an elbow strike from Bruce.
Berkovitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bruce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berkovitz tries to work over Bruce's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruce working Berkovitz over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berkovitz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Berkovitz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce misses with a knee strike.
Berkovitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Berkovitz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Berkovitz blocks a body shot from Bruce.
Bruce misses with a hook to the ribs.

Berkovitz breaks the clinch.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berkovitz is looking to clinch but Bruce is avoiding it.
Bruce defending well as Berkovitz loads up on a big left hand.
Berkovitz digs a good hook to Bruce's body.
Bruce with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Berkovitz to score with a decent uppercut.
Berkovitz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berkovitz misses with a two punch combination.
Bruce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruce misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice defenses there by Bruce.
Bobby Bruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berkovitz slips under a jab.
Berkovitz thows a body shot but no joy.
Berkovitz tries to clinch but Bruce is having none of it.
Bruce is looking to clinch.
Berkovitz misses with a straight right.
Berkovitz throws a series of punches but Bruce avoids them all with ease.
Berkovitz throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Berkovitz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bruce throws out a loose jab but Berkovitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berkovitz misses with a wild body shot.
Bobby Bruce is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berkovitz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bruce keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Berkovitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce looks for the body kick but Berkovitz saw that one coming.
Berkovitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bruce jabs Berkovitz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Berkovitz misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berkovitz scores with a sloppy right hand. Bruce should have avoided that one.
Bruce throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berkovitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice sprawl there from Bruce as Berkovitz shoots in.

Berkovitz manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bruce on his heels. He'll look to pass Bruce's guard now, I'm sure.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Berkovitz throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruce wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Berkovitz drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bruce looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bruce looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bruce!

Bruce stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobby Bruce will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bruce pivots, looking for a leg kick but Berkovitz is out of range and Bruce settles back down.
A head kick misses from Berkovitz.
Berkovitz lands a nice shot to the body.
Berkovitz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bruce lands a leg kick that knocks Berkovitz off balance momentarily.
Bruce punishes Berkovitz's body with a nice straight punch.
Bruce's corner calls for a 1-2. Bruce obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bruce jabs at Berkovitz's body.
Bruce lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkovitz shoots in for a takedown but Bruce shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bruce digs a good body shot into Berkovitz's ribs.
Bruce lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Berkovitz does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bruce is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Berkovitz rather than just go for the knockout.
Bruce misses with a body kick.
Bruce delivers a nice body kick.
Bruce throws a hook but Berkovitz avoids it easily.
Berkovitz looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruce is just out of range.
Berkovitz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bruce.

Berkovitz is rocked!
Bruce lands a body shot.
Oh Berkovitz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bruce looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Berkovitz checks a leg kick.
Berkovitz avoids the body shot from Bruce.
Berkovitz seems to have got his legs back now.
Bruce looks to throw a body kick
and Berkovitz counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bruce, as that shot connected.
Bruce throws a leg kick
enabling Berkovitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Bruce throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bruce jabs at Berkovitz's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Berkovitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce lands a body shot.
Bruce connects with a good right hand that stumbles Berkovitz. Berkovitz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Berkovitz misses with a body punch
and Bruce counters with a nice body kick.
Berkovitz blocks a head kick by Bruce.
Bruce tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berkovitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruce.
Berkovitz fails with a takedown attempt.
Berkovitz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bruce is able to avoid easily.
Bruce is looking to clinch but Berkovitz is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz avoids the body shot from Bruce.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Berkovitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkovitz checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berkovitz. Bruce does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce feints and then cracks Berkovitz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Berkovitz down.
Berkovitz throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Berkovitz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Berkovitz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Berkovitz throws a poor cross that misses
and Bruce counters with a nice body kick.
Berkovitz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berkovitz slips under a jab.
Bruce slips under a jab.
Berkovitz avoids a kick to the body.
Berkovitz throws a lazy uppercut
and Bruce counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruce throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruce pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Berkovitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berkovitz checks a leg kick nicely.
Bruce misses with a body kick.
Bruce throws a lazy uppercut
and Berkovitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Bruce lands a right hook to the body.
Bruce misses with a shot to the body
and Berkovitz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bruce lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berkovitz at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruce dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Berkovitz defending well as Bruce loads up on a big left hand.
Bruce throws a jab but it's blocked by Berkovitz.

Berkovitz feints and as Bruce raises his hands in defense, Berkovitz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Bruce 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!

Berkovitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruce.
Berkovitz moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruce misses with a kick to the body
and Berkovitz counters with a thumping low kick.
Berkovitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bruce throws a predictable looking body shot
and Berkovitz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bruce misses with a straight left.
Berkovitz moves away from the strike by Bruce.
Berkovitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Berkovitz moves out of range of the body kick.
Berkovitz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bruce. That one must have hurt.
Bruce loads up on a big right hand but Berkovitz slips the punch.
Berkovitz shoots in but no luck this time.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bruce scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkovitz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berkovitz throws a good cross that connects.
Berkovitz fails with a takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Bruce.
Berkovitz scores with a jab. Bruce acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bruce digs a good hook to Berkovitz's body.
Bruce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bruce avoids the body shot from Berkovitz.
Bruce throws the kick towards the body but Berkovitz avoids it.
Bruce swings for the body but Berkovitz moves out of range.
Bruce misses with an uppercut. Berkovitz saw that one coming.
Bruce looks to land a right hand but Berkovitz moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz misses with a wild body shot.
Bobby Bruce seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berkovitz tries to clinch but Bruce is having none of it.
Berkovitz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Berkovitz moves out of range as Bruce throws a body kick.
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!
Bruce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berkovitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruce.
Jab by Berkovitz.
Bruce digs a good hook to Berkovitz's body.
Berkovitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bruce throws out the jab.
Berkovitz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bruce throws a body punch but Berkovitz moves out of range.
Bruce misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by Berkovitz.
Bruce takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz checks a leg kick nicely.
Berkovitz misses with a looping right.
Berkovitz avoids a kick to the body.
Berkovitz blocks the body kick.
Berkovitz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruce was well out of range. Poor timing from Berkovitz.
Berkovitz shoots for a double leg takedown but Bruce sprawls well. He's pushed Berkovitz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham Berkovitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruce looks to score with a jab to the body but Berkovitz is just out of range.
Berkovitz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bruce misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Berkovitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkovitz tries to land a leg kick but Bruce saw it coming and moves away.
Berkovitz avoids the body shot from Bruce.
Bruce lands with a kick to the temple. Berkovitz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws a wild body kick that Berkovitz sees coming a mile off.
Bruce tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Berkovitz is able to avoid easily.
Bruce is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruce scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berkovitz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Berkovitz moves away from the strike by Bruce.

Berkovitz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bruce quickly recovers to half guard.
Berkovitz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bruce slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berkovitz throws an elbow that misses. Bruce uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Berkovitz's guard. Nice move by Bruce!

Berkovitz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bruce has passed into half guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Bruce really dominated that round.
That's time! Berkovitz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bruce throws a body kick that misses.
Bruce throws the kick towards the body but Berkovitz avoids it.
Bruce lands a body shot.
Bruce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berkovitz manages to avoid it.
Berkovitz lands the left hand.
Berkovitz scores with a shot to the body.
Berkovitz lands with a straight right. Bruce didn't see that one coming.
Bruce lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berkovitz at a distance.
Bruce lands a nice hook to Berkovitz's body. Berkovitz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Berkovitz moves out of range of the body kick.
Berkovitz looks to land a left hand but Bruce moved out of range nicely.
Bruce scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berkovitz in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Berkovitz doesn't seem bothered though.
Bruce throws a shot from downtown. Berkovitz moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Bruce.
Berkovitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Berkovitz clinches up with Bruce and pushes him back against the cage.
Berkovitz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bruce gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Berkovitz throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Bruce.
Bruce blocking some punches.
Bruce lands a damaging elbow.
Berkovitz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berkovitz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bruce is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bruce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bruce lands a knee to the head.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berkovitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruce controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.
Berkovitz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bruce is defending well.
Bruce lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berkovitz avoids it.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.

Berkovitz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Berkovitz ducks under a wild hook from Bruce.
Berkovitz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Berkovitz throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bruce throws a head kick but Berkovitz moves out of range.
Berkovitz loads up on a big right hand but Bruce slips the punch.
Bruce dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Berkovitz. That did some damage!
Bruce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruce scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz misses with a left hand
and Bruce counters with a nice body shot.
Bruce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruce misses with a kick to the body
letting Berkovitz counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Bruce.
Bruce swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bruce moves away from the strike by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham Berkovitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruce blocks a jab.
Bruce stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bruce wants it to stay on the feet.
Berkovitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bruce swings for the body but Berkovitz moves out of range.
Bruce moves out of range as Berkovitz strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bruce.
Jab from Bruce.
Berkovitz throws a shot to the body.
Bruce throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bruce lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
Berkovitz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bruce defends it nicely.
Berkovitz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bruce counters with a left to the body.
Berkovitz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bruce punishes Berkovitz's body with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruce ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bruce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Berkovitz doesn't seem bothered though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bruce.
Berkovitz blocks a head kick by Bruce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Bruce dominated that fourth 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Berkovitz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Berkovitz misses with a body punch.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Berkovitz avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Berkovitz dodges an elbow strike from Bruce.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Berkovitz.
Berkovitz blocks a body shot from Bruce.
Berkovitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berkovitz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berkovitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruce.
Bruce lands a knee to the head.
Bruce throws an elbow but it misses.
Bruce scores with a shot to the side of Berkovitz's head.
Bruce tries a body shot but Berkovitz blocks it.
Bruce lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bruce is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkovitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruce controls his hands.
A short right from Berkovitz on the inside.

Berkovitz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Berkovitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruce lands the left hand.
Bruce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berkovitz throws out the jab.
Bruce wants to clinch up but Berkovitz keeps it at a distance.
Berkovitz ducks under a wild hook from Bruce.
Berkovitz scores with the left hand. Bruce knows he should have avoided that one.
Berkovitz defending well as Bruce loads up on a big left hand.
Berkovitz throws a nice looking combination but Bruce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berkovitz moves out of range as Bruce throws a body kick.
Bruce swats away the attempt to clinch by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz throws out a loose jab but Bruce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abraham Berkovitz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands a front kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruce.
Berkovitz throws a shot from downtown. Bruce moves away and avoids it.
Bruce connects with a body shot that sends Berkovitz's belly button to the back.
Bruce avoids the body shot from Berkovitz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Berkovitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Berkovitz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bruce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bruce misses with a kick to the body.
Berkovitz blocks the body kick.
A big left from Berkovitz misses.
Berkovitz digs a good hook to Bruce's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a wild body shot.
Bruce lands a leg kick that knocks Berkovitz off balance momentarily.
Berkovitz staying out of range there.
Bruce throws a wild body kick that Berkovitz sees coming a mile off.
Bruce swats away the attempt to clinch by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruce.
Berkovitz misses with a hook to the body
and Bruce counters with a slapping leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Bruce there.
Bruce lands with a right hand.
Berkovitz moves out of range as Bruce throws a body kick.
Berkovitz slips a straight right by Bruce.
Berkovitz slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bruce enables Berkovitz to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bruce manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Berkovitz postures up in Bruce's guard and throws a big left but Bruce blocks it.
Berkovitz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berkovitz throwing strikes from guard but Bruce blocks nicely.
Bobby Bruce is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Berkovitz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Berkovitz throws an elbow that misses. Bruce uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Berkovitz's guard. Nice move by Bruce!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Berkovitz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bruce has passed into half guard!

Berkovitz actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Abraham Berkovitz.
I think Bruce 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:50
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Bruce! Bobby Bruce retains his lightweight title!