PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bergstrem (ranked 1413 p4p, 189 weight class) and Luke Neil (ranked 1272 p4p, 180 weight class). Bergstrem's entrance music is The Cranberries - Zombie. A fine choice. Neil has chosen Linkin Park - In the end as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bergstrem
vs
Neil

185 cm
23
198 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
192 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Bergstrem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Neil!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil scores with a three punch combo!
Bergstrem throws a nice looking combination but Neil bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Neil misses with a wild combination.
Neil cracks Bergstrem with a good jab.
Bergstrem misses with a series of wild punches.
Neil throws a right and a left that Bergstrem avoids nicely.
Neil misses with a double jab.
Neil throws a right hand that Bergstrem ducks under and follows up with a left that Bergstrem also avoids with ease.
Neil has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A cross from Bergstrem lands.

It looks like Luke Neil has been cut.
Bergstrem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neil misses with the combination.
Bergstrem scores with a jab to the head.
Bergstrem scores with a one two! Neil had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bergstrem throws a series of punches but Neil moves out of range.
Bergstrem throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Neil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bergstrem looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil throws a series of punches but Bergstrem avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bergstrem fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bergstrem misses with a double jab.
Bergstrem looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bergstrem moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bergstrem is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bergstrem stalks Neil and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Neil's face. Neil staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab lands there for Bergstrem.

That has opened up Luke Neil's cut even more.
Bergstrem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Neil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Neil misses with a wild combination.
Bergstrem throws a series of punches but Neil moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bergstrem closes the distance and pushes Neil back into the cage.

Neil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bergstrem moves out of range of the strikes.
Neil misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bergstrem swinging wildly here.
Bergstrem throws a combination. Neil tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bergstrem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neil circles away quickly and effectively.
Neil thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bergstrem on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Neil staying out of range there.
Bergstrem throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bergstrem doesn't manage to clinch there - Neil circles away.
Bergstrem on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Neil throws a right and a left that Bergstrem avoids nicely.
Bergstrem fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bergstrem closes the distance and pushes Neil back into the cage.
Bergstrem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neil blocks the elbow strike.
Bergstrem misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergstrem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neil blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergstrem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neil tries to break free but Bergstrem pushes him back against the cage.
Bergstrem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neil dodges an elbow strike from Bergstrem.
Bergstrem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Neil tries to break free but Bergstrem pushes him back against the cage.
Neil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Neil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bergstrem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neil is trying to break free.
Bergstrem tries to land a knee to the head but Neil blocks with his arms.
Bergstrem landing knees to the head.
Bergstrem prevents Neil from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergstrem throws an elbow that misses.
Bergstrem misses with a knee strike.

Neil manages to break the clinch.
Bergstrem throws a right and a left that Neil avoids nicely.
Bergstrem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neil throws out the jab.
Bergstrem connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Neil momentarily.
Bergstrem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Neil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Neil's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bergstrem under the eye.
Bergstrem doesn't manage to clinch there - Neil circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Neil! But no joy.
Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bergstrem circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bergstrem looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.
Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bergstrem.
Bergstrem scores with a one two! Neil had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neil goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bergstrem defending well as Neil loads up on a big left hand.
Neil misses with a body kick.
Bergstrem lands a nice shot that snaps Neil's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Bergstrem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Neil's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bergstrem wants to clinch
and Neil counters with a three punch combo that has Bergstrem backing up. Bergstrem nods at Neil to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bergstrem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bergstrem with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Neil to score with a decent uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Bergstrem. Those never looked like landing.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bergstrem!
Bergstrem misses with a lunging right hand
and Neil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Bergstrem darts in and clinches Neil up against the cage.
Neil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bergstrem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bergstrem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bergstrem lands an elbow that stopped Neil in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neil blocks an elbow strike.
Bergstrem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neil blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergstrem throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Bergstrem.
Bergstrem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Luke Neil's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bergstrem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bergstrem keeps control of Neil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Our sources have told us that Bergstrem has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Bergstrem misses with a knee to the head.
Bergstrem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neil blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergstrem tries to land knees in the clinch but Neil avoids the damage to the body.
Bergstrem trying to land knees to the body.
Neil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bergstrem pushes off an throws an elbow but Neil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bergstrem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bergstrem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Neil's efforts to push away.
Bergstrem throws a punch but it's blocked by Neil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil tries to break free but Bergstrem pushes him back against the cage.
Bergstrem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bergstrem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bergstrem scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bergstrem lands an elbow that stopped Neil in his tracks for a moment.

Luke Neil's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Bergstrem won't allow it.
Neil avoids the elbow strike from Bergstrem, against the cage.
Bergstrem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Neil wants to break free but Bergstrem has control.
Bergstrem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bergstrem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bergstrem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Neil avoids the elbow strike from Bergstrem, against the cage.
Bergstrem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neil can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergstrem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bergstrem throws an elbow but misses.
Bergstrem keeps control of Neil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bergstrem misses with an elbow over the top.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bergstrem obliges.
Bergstrem tries to land a knee to the head but Neil blocks with his arms.
Neil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bergstrem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neil blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergstrem has Neil pressed against the cage, preventing Neil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bergstrem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luke Neil's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Daniel Bergstrem!
A relieved looking Daniel Bergstrem thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.