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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cal Gehrig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Berry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cant be touched-Roy Jones Jr.. Mark Berry could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cal Gehrig's chin.
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cal Gehrig!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gehrig moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Gehrig swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berry misses with a wild combination.
Berry tries to bum rush Gehrig with a series of wild strikes but Gehrig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gehrig scores with a nice head shot.
Berry moves in looking to clinch but Gehrig pushes him off.
Gehrig feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Berry's calf.
Berry fails with a takedown attempt.
Berry throws an overhand right that lands on Gehrig's shoulder, as Gehrig tries to avoid the shot.
Berry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gehrig moves away.
Berry tries to bum rush Gehrig with a series of wild strikes but Gehrig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Berry has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Berry throws a combination that misses
and Berry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Gehrig.
Gehrig misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gehrig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gehrig plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Berry is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oh Berry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berry is breathing heavily.
Berry throws a combination that misses
and Gehrig holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gehrig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cal Gehrig is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gehrig clinches with his opponent.
Berry seems to have got his legs back now.
Gehrig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gehrig forces Berry back against the cage and clinches.
Gehrig is trying to break the clinch but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
Berry prevents Gehrig from breaking the clinch.
Berry prevents Gehrig from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gehrig as Berry tries to tie him up.
Gehrig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gehrig can't break the clinch.
Gehrig wants to get back to striking at distance but Berry won't allow it.
Berry leaning against his opponent.
Gehrig wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gehrig can't break the clinch.
Berry looking to slow down the pace here.
Gehrig wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gehrig can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gehrig wants to get back to striking at distance but Berry won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gehrig wants to break the clinch but can't.
Berry keeps control of Gehrig as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gehrig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
Gehrig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gehrig wants to get back to striking at distance but Berry won't allow it.
Gehrig has had enough of the clinch but Berry keeps him there for the moment.
Gehrig is trying to break free.
Gehrig breaks from the clinch.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berry really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gehrig misses with a series of wild punches.
Gehrig listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gehrig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gehrig keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Berry misses with a double jab
and Gehrig counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gehrig bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Berry walks into a stiff left hand from Gehrig.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cal Gehrig dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Berry clobbers Gehrig with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gehrig swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Berry counters with a nice uppercut.
Gehrig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No luck for Berry with that takedown attempt.
Gehrig misses with a head kick.
Gehrig scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gehrig lands a head kick!
Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gehrig manages to avoid it.
A head kick from Gehrig lands but Berry takes it in his stride.
Berry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gehrig counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Berry is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Berry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gehrig counters with a head kick. That will keep Berry thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gehrig lands the left hand.
Gehrig takes the fight into the clinch.
Gehrig wants to break free but Berry has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry stalling in the clinch but Gehrig improves position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gehrig is trying to break free.
Gehrig is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gehrig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gehrig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gehrig throws a nice looking combination but Berry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gehrig throws a combination. Berry tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Berry wants to clinch
and Gehrig counters with a head kick. That will keep Berry thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Berry lands an overhand right.
Gehrig walks into a stiff left hand from Berry.
The fighters circle momentarily. Berry darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A lazy left from Gehrig finds it's target.
Berry closes the distance but Gehrig moves to the side
and Gehrig counters with a nice uppercut.
Berry tries to clinch
and Berry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berry misses with the combination.
Gehrig throws a left and a right that both miss
and Berry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gehrig scores with a jab to the head.
Gehrig with a jab.
Berry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Gehrig does no damage.
Gehrig throws a sloppy head kick and Berry moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry tries to clinch but Gehrig moves away
and Gehrig counters with a nice leg kick.
Gehrig swats away the attempt to clinch by Berry.
Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gehrig moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gehrig gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gehrig wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gehrig is trying to break free.
Berry taking a breather.
Gehrig is trying to break the clinch but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gehrig has had enough of the clinch but Berry keeps him there for the moment.
Gehrig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gehrig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gehrig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
Gehrig has had enough of the clinch but Berry keeps him there for the moment.
Gehrig manages to break the clinch.
Berry throws a series of punches but Gehrig moves out of range.
Berry misses with a hook. Gehrig ducked under it nicely.
Berry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cal Gehrig showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gehrig stuffs the takedown.
Gehrig misses with a double jab.
Cal Gehrig seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gehrig misses with a wild combination.
Gehrig lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Berry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gehrig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gehrig.
Gehrig is trying to break the clinch but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
Gehrig is looking to break free of the clinch but Berry has double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gehrig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Berry has him pressed against the cage.
Gehrig wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gehrig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to stall but Gehrig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gehrig breaks from the clinch.
Berry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gehrig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gehrig as he avoids it easily.
Gehrig is looking to slow Berry down with leg kicks.
Gehrig tries a head kick but it misses.
Gehrig jabs at Berry's body.
Gehrig scores with a head kick.
Berry closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gehrig holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry trying to stall but Gehrig improves his position.
Gehrig has had enough of the clinch but Berry keeps him there for the moment.
Mark Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gehrig can't break the clinch.
Gehrig is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Berry tries to score a body lock takedown but Gehrig shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gehrig breaks from the clinch.
Gehrig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Berry tries to clinch but Gehrig moves away
and Gehrig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gehrig.
Berry is trying to break the clinch but Gehrig has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is trying to maintain a safe position but Gehrig gets an underhook and turns Berry into the cage.
Gehrig breaks the clinch.
Berry wants to clinch but Gehrig slips to the side
and Berry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gehrig with a hook.
Berry throws a series of strikes that have Gehrig backpedaling.
Berry throws a big shot that misses.
Gehrig throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
Nice takedown defense from Gehrig. No joy for Berry on that attempt.
Berry stalks Gehrig and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gehrig's face. Gehrig staggers backwards, shaken.
Berry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gehrig counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Berry darts in trying to clinch
and Gehrig makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jab by Gehrig.
Berry shoots in but Gehrig avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Berry closes the distance but Gehrig moves to the side
and Gehrig counters with a three punch combo that has Berry backing up. Berry nods at Gehrig to acknowledge the strikes.
Berry tries to clinch but Gehrig moves away
and Gehrig counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gehrig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Berry.
Berry misses with a combination
and Gehrig counters with a body kick that stops Berry in his tracks momentarily.
Berry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gehrig counters with a left and a right that stings Berry.
Berry shoots in and drives through. Gehrig sprawls well.
Berry tries to clinch but Gehrig moves away
and Gehrig counters with a big head kick but Berry shrugs it off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Berry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gehrig's waist but Gehrig gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Berry off to one side.
Gehrig moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cal Gehrig is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Berry throws a combination that misses
and Gehrig counters with a series of strikes. Berry will be more careful next time no doubt.
Berry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gehrig counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cal Gehrig comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gehrig 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cal Gehrig!
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