PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between tubby potbelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tubby potbelly has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

potbelly
vs
Berry

205 cm
21
300 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, tubby potbelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pat Berry!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Berry misses with a two punch combination.
potbelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.

potbelly scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Berry is looking for a sweep. potbelly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

potbelly is looking for a kimura here.
Berry taking some punishment here, with potbelly in his half guard.
potbelly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Berry taking some punishment here, with potbelly in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

potbelly is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Berry is just riding it out for now. potbelly eventually gives up the hold.
potbelly is breathing heavily.
Berry moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Berry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Berry working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. potbelly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. potbelly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berry has his foot on potbelly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. potbelly works his way back into a safe position though.

potbelly thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Berry has his foot on potbelly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. potbelly works his way back into a safe position though.

potbelly drops back looking for a leg! Berry is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Berry manages to kick potbelly off! potbelly jumps back into Berry's guard.
potbelly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as potbelly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Berry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
potbelly connects with a couple of short punches.

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.

potbelly thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

potbelly drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and potbelly jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

potbelly drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and potbelly jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Berry keeping moving, preventing potbelly from controlling successfully.
Berry bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in potbelly's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Berry thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now potbelly is on top in guard.

potbelly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

potbelly stands up and waves to Berry to follow him.
Berry misses with a jab, cross combination.

potbelly looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
potbelly is tying to control. Berry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

potbelly looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Berry wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. potbelly lands a nice short elbow.
potbelly is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
potbelly content just to control the position here.

potbelly jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Berry manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berry tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but potbelly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

potbelly is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Berry has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tubby potbelly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

potbelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Berry circles away.

potbelly rushes Berry and presses him up against the cage.

potbelly breaks from the clinch.
Berry throws a series of punches but potbelly moves out of range.
tubby potbelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
potbelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Berry.
Berry misses with a few strikes there.

potbelly shoots in and bounces Berry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
potbelly advances position into side control!
potbelly trying to control the action but Berry is working from the bottom.

potbelly thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

potbelly wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Berry, who protects the arm well.
Berry manages to get back to half guard.

potbelly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Berry defends it well.
potbelly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berry manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
potbelly looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as potbelly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
potbelly wants to pass the guard but Berry is keeping the position.
potbelly is working hard here to advance position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Berry.
A left and a right from Berry both land. Nice combination.

potbelly shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. potbelly showed some decent athleticism there.

potbelly is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Berry wants to improve his position but potbelly is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

potbelly is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Berry is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). tubby potbelly!