PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon mm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerry Van Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

mm
vs
Van Berry

180 cm
27
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

173 cm
28
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brandon mm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gerry Van Berry!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Berry shoots in and drives through. mm sprawls well.
A jab from mm misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Berry. mm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Berry shoots in and drives through. mm sprawls well.
mm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Berry circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Berry throws a head kick but mm moves out of range.
Van Berry has his takedown stuffed
letting mm counter with a right hand.
Brandon mm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerry Van Berry.
Van Berry fails with a takedown attempt.
Van Berry fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mm just misses with a punch to the body.
mm dips to his left and cracks Van Berry with an uppercut!

Van Berry shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Van Berry showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Van Berry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
mm keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Van Berry trying to pass the guard but mm defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Berry is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Van Berry thows a huge punch but mm dodges it nicely.
Van Berry is trying to control. mm wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Van Berry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Berry stops mm from getting back to his feet.
Van Berry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ground and pound from Van Berry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Berry is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and mm reverses the position - he's now on top in Van Berry's guard.
Van Berry lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for mm!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Berry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of mm's face.
Van Berry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Van Berry thowing shots but they're missing.
Van Berry throwing strikes here but mm is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Van Berry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Van Berry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Van Berry.
Van Berry working away from the top, dropping strikes.

mm is rocked!

It looks like Brandon mm has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oooh a big shot lands for Van Berry! mm is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gerry Van Berry!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gerry Van Berry made sure he mentioned Punishment Nutrition - All 159Q products now $75, along with how happy he was to win his fight.