PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ernst Young (ranked 2105 p4p, 305 weight class) and Alexander Berkman (ranked 21230 p4p, 927 weight class). Young comes to the ring accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Berkman has chosen Panopticon - The Ghosts of Haymarket Square as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Young
vs
Berkman

195 cm
38
215 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

189 cm
24
217 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernst Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Berkman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young misses with a looping right.
Berkman tries to land a leg kick but Young saw it coming and moves away.
Berkman throws a lazy body kick
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
We've been informed that Berkman has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Berkman throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
Young throwing a counter right hand but Berkman manages to avoid it.
Berkman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berkman misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
Berkman drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Young looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Berkman misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Berkman.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Berkman, as that shot connected.
Berkman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Berkman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Young was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Berkman.
Young scores with a nice strike.
Berkman misses with a straight left.
Berkman walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands with a right hand.
Young connects with a right hand. Berkman shakes it off.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Berkman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Berkman misses with a looping right.
Young jabs at Berkman's body.
Berkman throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young thuds his right hand into Berkman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Berkman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Berkman. Those never looked like landing.
Young works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Berkman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Ernst Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berkman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Berkman scores with a one two! Young had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berkman is looking to clinch.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circling - Berkman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berkman slips under a jab.
Young is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Berkman tries a quick counter leg kick but Young is wise to it.
Berkman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berkman throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Berkman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Young scores with a shot to the body.
Berkman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Berkman throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Berkman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berkman. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young works the jab nicely.
Berkman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Berkman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Berkman moves away and avoids it.
Berkman tries to counter with a clinch but Young shakes him off and moves away.
Young lands a glancing blow to the side of Berkman's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernst Young dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Berkman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Berkman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Young scores with a hook to the body. Berkman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Berkman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berkman throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Berkman misses with a looping left.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Berkman is just out of range.
Young moves out of range as Berkman strikes.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berkman.
Berkman misses with a head kick.
Ernst Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Berkman misses with a body shot.
Berkman defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berkman misses with a combination
and Young counters with a right hand to the body.
Berkman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
Berkman tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Berkman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young walks into a left hand.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Berkman misses with a body shot.
Berkman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berkman. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young scores with a one two! Berkman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Berkman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berkman lands the left hand.
Young works Berkman's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Berkman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young takes a swing at Berkman's ribcage but misses.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berkman.
Berkman blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Young.
Berkman tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berkman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young misses with a hook
enabling Berkman to counter with a crisp jab.
Young swings for the body but Berkman moves out of range.
A big right from Young misses.
Berkman moves away from the strike by Young.
Berkman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Berkman misses.
Young blocks a jab.
Berkman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Berkman takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berkman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berkman lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berkman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Young at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ernst Young will probably get the nod.
That's time! Young's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

An inside leg kick from Young misses.
Young fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young staying out of range there.
Young jabs Berkman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Berkman tries a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Berkman's head.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berkman.
Berkman throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Berkman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Berkman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berkman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Berkman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Berkman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
Berkman misses with a punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Berkman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkman lands a nice shot to the body.
Young lands an uppercut.

Young breaks the clinch.
Berkman throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berkman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berkman throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berkman.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Berkman off the ropes and back into range.
Young punishes Berkman's body with a nice straight punch.
Young throws a jab when Berkman was well out of range.
Berkman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Young misses with a hook.
Berkman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Young slips a straight right by Berkman.
Berkman jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Berkman throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berkman.
Young cracks a nice hook into Berkman's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to slow Berkman down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berkman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Berkman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young avoids the body shot from Berkman.
Young swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Berkman throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berkman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Berkman throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young scores with a jab. Berkman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheers as Berkman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Young doesn't seem phased though.
A big right from Young misses.
Young scores with the left hand. Berkman knows he should have avoided that one.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Berkman counter with a right hand.
Young lands with a nice body punch.
Young scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berkman throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Berkman just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Ernst Young did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Good standup being displayed there by Young as he connects with a hook.

Young tries to keep at a distance but Berkman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Berkman working aggressively here.
Berkman tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Berkman back against the ropes.
Berkman cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Berkman lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berkman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young punishes Berkman's body with a nice straight punch.
Berkman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Berkman.
Young jabs Berkman right on the nose. Berkman blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Berkman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a hook
and Berkman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berkman was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young stalks Berkman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Berkman's face. Berkman staggers backwards, shaken.
Berkman tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Nice shot lands for Berkman.
Young slips under a jab from Berkman.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berkman scores with a jab to the body.
Young dodges the punch combination from Berkman.
A big left from Young misses.
Berkman looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Young on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Berkman looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Berkman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkman blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berkman loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Berkman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Berkman throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Berkman throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Berkman counters with a nice kick to the body.
A jab from Berkman misses.
Young thuds his right hand into Berkman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Berkman misses with a two punch combination.
Young swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Berkman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Berkman looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Berkman throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young tries to move into range but Berkman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Berkman scores with the left hand. Young knows he should have avoided that one.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Berkman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Berkman tries to counter by closing the distance.
Berkman avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Berkman 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. This is the final round!

Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Berkman off the ropes and back into range.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berkman.
A big right from Young misses.
Young looks to land a combination but Berkman avoids it well.
Berkman lands an overhand right.
Alexander Berkman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berkman lands a body shot.
Berkman tries to clinch
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.
Young thows a leg kick but Berkman checks it
and Berkman counters with a stiff right hand.
Berkman checks the leg kick.
Berkman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Berkman throws a poor cross that misses
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkman misses the shot to the body.
Berkman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berkman throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Berkman.
Berkman ducks right into an uppercut from Young.
Young with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Berkman to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Berkman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Young defending well as Berkman loads up on a big left hand.
Berkman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young slips a straight right by Berkman.
Young was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Berkman ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Berkman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Berkman throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Berkman thinking.
Berkman moves out of range of the strikes.
Berkman misses with a looping right.
Berkman's corner calls for a 1-2. Berkman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Berkman misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Young misses the target.
Young jabs Berkman to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkman throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Berkman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Young digs a good hook to Berkman's body.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Berkman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Berkman.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Berkman misses with a body shot.
Berkman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Berkman.
Berkman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.
Berkman tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young throwing a counter right hand but Berkman manages to avoid it.
Young throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berkman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berkman tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

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 Ernst Young.
I think Young has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 49:47
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ernst Young!
Ernst Young is the new light heavyweight champion!
Ernst Young decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.