PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thor Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dominguez's choice of entrance music: Renegades of Funk. Rico Dominguez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Thor Berserk's chin.

Berserk
vs
Dominguez

170 cm
28
149 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

167 cm
30
146 lbs
23 - 11 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Perkele!

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Berserk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 3, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez looks to land a left hand but Berserk moved out of range nicely.
Dominguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Berserk keeps the fight on the outside.
Dominguez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Berserk.
Berserk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dominguez thows a leg kick but Berserk checks it
and Berserk makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dominguez really felt that one!
Berserk defending well as Dominguez loads up on a big left hand.
Dominguez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Berserk momentarily.
Berserk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dominguez checks a leg kick.
Berserk tries to work over Dominguez's front leg with a kick but Dominguez checks it.
Rico Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominguez moves out of range of the body kick from Berserk.
Nice jab there from Berserk.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berserk tries to clinch up.
Berserk needs to keep his hands up - Dominguez had a free shot at his head there.
Berserk keeps the fight on the outside.
Berserk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dominguez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Berserk misses the target.
Berserk tries to land a leg kick but Dominguez saw it coming and moves away.
Berserk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Berserk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dominguez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dominguez throws a hook but Berserk blocks it.
Dominguez misses with a left hand
and Berserk counters with a thumping low kick.
Berserk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dominguez.
Berserk takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dominguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominguez misses the shot to the body.
A cross from Dominguez lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez tries to clinch
and Berserk counters with a thumping low kick.
Dominguez cracks Berserk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dominguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Berserk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Berserk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Berserk connects with a solid leg kick.
Dominguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dominguez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Berserk checks it well.
Dominguez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Berserk checks it well.
Berserk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Berserk throws out a leg kick but Dominguez moves out of range and Berserk only half commits.
Dominguez avoids the head kick by Berserk.
Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berserk.
Dominguez misses with a hook. Berserk ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Berserk blocks the leg kick.
Dominguez tries to clinch but Berserk moves out of range.
Dominguez connects with a solid leg kick.
Dominguez tries to clinch there but Berserk circles away.
Berserk misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Dominguez misses its intended target.
Berserk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berserk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dominguez tries to clinch but Berserk moves out of range.
Dominguez catches Berserk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dominguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Berserk thows a body shot but no joy.
Berserk cracks Dominguez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dominguez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dominguez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berserk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berserk slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berserk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Berserk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dominguez throws a sloppy head kick and Berserk moves out of range easily.
Berserk blocks a jab.
Berserk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dominguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berserk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dominguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Berserk has closed the distance and engaged Dominguez in a clinch.
Berserk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dominguez misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands with a left to the head.
Berserk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dominguez to keep the fight standing.
Berserk blocks the elbow strike.
Dominguez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Berserk throws a head kick that misses.
Dominguez scores with a hook to the body. Berserk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dominguez slips under a jab from Berserk.
Berserk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dominguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Berserk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dominguez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dominguez connects with a high kick.
Berserk throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Berserk.
Dominguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berserk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Berserk lands with a good body shot.
Dominguez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Berserk momentarily.
Berserk attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berserk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dominguez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Berserk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dominguez blocks a leg kick.
Berserk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dominguez.
Dominguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berserk.
Berserk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berserk throws a looping overhand right but Dominguez ducks down to avoid it.
Dominguez slips a jab from Berserk.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Berserk slips under a jab.
Berserk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dominguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Berserk.
Dominguez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dominguez jabs at Berserk's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk lands a glancing blow to the side of Dominguez's head.
Dominguez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Berserk misses with a wild combination.
Dominguez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berserk in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominguez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Berserk misses with a low kick as Dominguez jumps back.
Dominguez loads up on a big right hand but Berserk slips the punch.
Dominguez fails in his attempt to clinch.

Dominguez moves into the clinch successfully.
Dominguez throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Berserk.
A short right from Berserk on the inside.
Berserk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Berserk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berserk misses with the head strike.
Dominguez misses with a body punch.
Berserk works on Dominguez's body with a couple of short punches.
Berserk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Berserk misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside.
Berserk tries to pull guard but Dominguez holds him up against the cage and eventually Berserk drops back down to his feet.
Dominguez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez misses with a knee strike.
Dominguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Berserk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Berserk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Berserk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berserk blocking some punches.
Dominguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berserk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berserk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dominguez lands a shot to the body.
Berserk throws a head punch that misses.
Rico Dominguez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Berserk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Berserk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berserk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
Berserk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez lands a good knee to the midsection. Berserk won't want to take too many of those.
Dominguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berserk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Berserk is looking to chop away at Dominguez's legs.
Berserk throws a chopping leg kick but Dominguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Berserk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dominguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
Berserk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dominguez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Berserk tries to close the distance and clinch but Dominguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dominguez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dominguez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dominguez scores with a jab to the head.
Berserk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Berserk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Berserk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dominguez. That's going to slow Berserk down.
Dominguez blocks a head kick by Berserk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez lands a head kick. Berserk smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Berserk blocks a head kick by Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a hook.
Berserk throws a sloppy head kick and Dominguez moves out of range easily.
Dominguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berserk checks a low kick from Dominguez.
Berserk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Berserk throws a leg kick which misses Dominguez's front leg but catches the back leg as Dominguez tries to avoid it.
Dominguez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rico Dominguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dominguez blocks the body kick.
Dominguez digs a good body shot into Berserk's ribs.
Berserk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berserk checks a low kick from Dominguez.
Thor Berserk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Berserk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Berserk avoids the body shot from Dominguez.
Dominguez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Berserk throws a combination. Dominguez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berserk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dominguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berserk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Berserk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dominguez.
A jab from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez throws a hook but Berserk avoids it easily.
Berserk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Berserk throws a sloppy head kick

and Dominguez counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserk blocks the elbow strike.
Berserk scores with a shoulder strike.
Dominguez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berserk blocks it with crossed arms.
Dominguez misses with a punch to the body.
Berserk tries a body shot but Dominguez blocks it.
Berserk blocking some punches.
Dominguez throws a head punch that misses.
Berserk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Berserk lands an uppercut.
Berserk effectively controlling the action here.
Berserk cracks Dominguez with a nice body shot.
Dominguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominguez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berserk blocks it with crossed arms.
Berserk has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.
Berserk is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dominguez.
Berserk prevents a body shot from Dominguez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berserk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Berserk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Berserk blocks an elbow strike from Dominguez.

Berserk jumps guard.
Dominguez passes Berserk's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dominguez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Berserk looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dominguez is looking to take a break and control but Berserk is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Dominguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dominguez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Dominguez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rico Dominguez made sure he mentioned Milwaukee's Best 160 , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Thor Berserk was interviewed post fight and said 'Let me quess. Another close decision lost.'.