PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Winslow Berhardt (ranked 724 p4p, 102 weight class) and Rudy Rhod (ranked 468 p4p, 77 weight class). Rudy Rhod has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Berhardt
vs
Rhod

175 cm
27
167 lbs
13 - 8 - 3

180 cm
24
169 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winslow Berhardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rudy Rhod!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhod throws a hook to the side of Berhardt's head but Berhardt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Berhardt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rhod scores with a jab. Berhardt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Winslow Berhardt has been cut.
Berhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
Berhardt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Rhod to counter with a crisp jab.
Berhardt digs a good body shot into Rhod's ribs.
Rhod misses with a wild body shot.
Berhardt blocks a jab.
Rhod connects with a jab.
Berhardt throws a sloppy head kick and Rhod moves out of range easily.
Berhardt misses with a hook
and Rhod counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berhardt was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
Berhardt fails with the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhod throws out a loose jab but Berhardt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berhardt fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winslow Berhardt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod throws a series of punches but Berhardt avoids them all with ease.
Rhod takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rhod blocks a low kick nicely.
Berhardt throws a solid leg kick but Rhod takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Berhardt.
Berhardt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rhod is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Berhardt with a body shot.
Rhod missing with a left hand there. Berhardt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rhod throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berhardt misses the shot to the body.
Rhod looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Berhardt lands with a cross.
Rhod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berhardt manages to avoid it.
Rhod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berhardt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rhod is out of range and Berhardt settles back down.
Rhod let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Berhardt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Berhardt throws a right hand that Rhod ducks under and follows up with a left that Rhod also avoids with ease.
Berhardt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rhod. Berhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhod is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rhod on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rhod lands a head shot.
Rudy Rhod is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berhardt throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berhardt throws a nice outside leg kick.

Berhardt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rhod looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Berhardt are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Berhardt wants to control for a moment but Rhod uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Berhardt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rhod is controlling Berhardt's trapped leg to prevent Berhardt from advancing to side control.
Berhardt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Berhardt 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod manages to get to full guard.
Berhardt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Berhardt postures up in Rhod's guard and throws a big left but Rhod blocks it.
Berhardt makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Berhardt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rhod is keeping the position for now.
Berhardt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Berhardt passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Berhardt misses with the ground and pound.
Rhod is looking for a sweep.
Berhardt throws an elbow but Rhod slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhod tries to bench press Berhardt off him but Berhardt keeps the position.
Rhod parries the strikes from Berhardt easily there. Berhardt is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rhod to escape.
Berhardt tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The strikes coming from Berhardt are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Berhardt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rhod keeps working.
Berhardt creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Rhod sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berhardt throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rhod is looking to regain half guard here but Berhardt keeps moving and retains side control.
Berhardt fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rhod can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winslow Berhardt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Winslow Berhardt's cut.
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.

Nice shot by Rhod.
Rhod throws a hook but Berhardt blocks it.
Berhardt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Rhod misses.
Berhardt throws a series of punches but Rhod avoids them all with ease.
Berhardt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berhardt lands a jab to Rhod's midsection.
Rhod uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berhardt.
Rhod has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rhod there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rhod lands with a nice body punch.
Berhardt is looking to wear down Rhod with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Berhardt shoots in and drives through. Rhod sprawls well.
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berhardt was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
Berhardt throws out a leg kick but Rhod moves out of range and Berhardt only half commits.
Berhardt is looking to score with low kicks.
Rhod slips a jab from Berhardt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berhardt throws a series of punches but Rhod avoids them all with ease.
Nice straight punches there by Rhod. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rhod.
Sloppy strikes from Berhardt. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Berhardt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berhardt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Berhardt lands a jab to Rhod's midsection.
Rhod looks to land a body kick but Berhardt moved away.
Berhardt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Berhardt closes the distance and clinches up with Rhod, looking for a takedown. Berhardt pushes Rhod against the cage but Rhod circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winslow Berhardt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berhardt jabs Rhod to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Berhardt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhod.
Berhardt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rhod looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Berhardt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhod misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod throws a hook but Berhardt avoids it easily.
Berhardt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Horrible takedown attempt by Berhardt or perhaps it was just good defense by Rhod, which made it look bad.
Rhod flicks out a counter leg kick but Berhardt steps away.
Rhod dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Berhardt ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
Rhod throws a hook but Berhardt avoids it easily.
Rhod swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berhardt with a poor takedown
and Berhardt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some bone on bone action there as Rhod checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rhod avoids the body shot from Berhardt.
Berhardt throws a leg kick but Rhod moved away.
Rhod is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Berhardt with a body shot.
Rhod keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Rhod there.
Berhardt swings for the body but Rhod moves out of range.
It seemed like Rhod was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rhod dips to his left and cracks Berhardt with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod scores with a jab. Berhardt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Berhardt is rocked!
Berhardt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhod throws a body shot but no joy.
Winslow Berhardt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berhardt needs to keep his hands up - Rhod had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Berhardt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berhardt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Berhardt misses the body punch

and Rhod counters with a nice right hand that sends Berhardt toppling to the canvas! Berhardt scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rhod finish him?!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berhardt misses with a series of wild punches.
Rhod cracks Berhardt with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Berhardt tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Rhod pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Berhardt is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rudy Rhod!
Rudy Rhod decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Winslow Berhardt had this to say: 'Next time I'll break him!'.