PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Berry (ranked 7627 p4p, 753 weight class) and Joe Swift (ranked 8358 p4p, 785 weight class). Joe Swift has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Berry
vs
Swift

190 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jerry Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Swift!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swift swinging wildly here.
Swift misses with a combination

and Berry counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Berry winds up and cracks Swift with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Berry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Berry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Berry winds up and cracks Swift with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berry sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Berry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Swift avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berry.
Swift avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berry.
Berry seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Berry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Berry performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Swift is trying to stand up here but Berry is controlling him well.
Berry content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berry passes the guard and advances to mount!
Berry scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Berry 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.
Berry dominating with strikes here.
Berry lands with some strikes.
Swift wants to try and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Swift can do anything to dispel that myth.

Berry is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Swift has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Berry working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Berry connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Berry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berry lands a big elbow.
Swift is in a horrible position here. Berry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Swift wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Berry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Berry misses with a takedown attempt - Swift sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Despite the aggression on Swift's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Swift throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.
Berry shoots in for a takedown but Swift shows good takedown defense.

Berry darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Berry is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry slips a nice elbow through Swift's hands, connecting with Swift's forehead.
Berry working the head and body with strikes.
Berry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Berry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Berry controlling the action here.
Berry thows a huge punch but Swift dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Berry there.
Berry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Berry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Berry is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a nice shot to the head.
Berry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Berry with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berry landing shots from mount.
Swift is trying to stand.
Berry unloading with bombs!
Berry landing strikes from the mount and Swift is in trouble!
Berry postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Swift in real trouble here! The ref calls for Swift to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerry Berry!
A very excited looking Jerry Berry rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.