PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bergstrem (ranked 1252 p4p, 157 weight class) and Luke Neil (ranked 1391 p4p, 174 weight class). Bergstrem's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Cranberries - Zombie. Neil has chosen Linkin Park - In the end as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bergstrem
vs
Neil

185 cm
24
198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

182 cm
28
192 lbs
9 - 3 - 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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Bergstrem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Neil!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bergstrem moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bergstrem tries to bum rush Neil with a series of wild strikes but Neil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Bergstrem does no damage.
Bergstrem has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Neil.
Bergstrem ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bergstrem throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neil.
Neil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bergstrem.
Neil misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Bergstrem wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Bergstrem clinches with his opponent.
Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Neil manages to break the clinch.
Neil throws a series of punches but Bergstrem moves out of range.
Bergstrem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neil throws out the jab.
Bergstrem defending well as Neil loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Bergstrem misses.
Neil scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Neil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bergstrem circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Neil slips a jab and a cross from Bergstrem.
Bergstrem looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bergstrem throws a nice looking combination but Neil bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good work by Bergstrem as he checks the leg kick.
Bergstrem ducks right into an uppercut from Neil.
Bergstrem fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Bergstrem does no damage.
Bergstrem blocks a low kick nicely.
A punch combination from Bergstrem misses.
Neil swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Bergstrem.
Neil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bergstrem needs to keep his hands up - Neil had a free shot at his head there.
Neil avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little jabbing left from Neil on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bergstrem misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Bergstrem misses.
A punch lands to the side of Bergstrem 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bergstrem moves out of range as Neil strikes.
Bergstrem looks to score with a jab to the body but Neil is just out of range.
Bergstrem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bergstrem blocks a leg kick.
Neil scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bergstrem looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bergstrem moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Neil looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bergstrem getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Neil looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bergstrem gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bergstrem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neil.
Neil takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bergstrem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bergstrem drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neil connects with an inside leg kick.
Neil throws a front kick that sends Bergstrem stumbling back into the cage.
Bergstrem throws a series of punches but Neil avoids them all with ease.
Bergstrem throws a right hand that Neil ducks under and follows up with a left that Neil also avoids with ease.
Bergstrem takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bergstrem walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Neil.
Bergstrem throws a big counter combination but Neil scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A big left from Neil misses.
Bergstrem throwing a counter right hand but Neil manages to avoid it.
Neil lands with a good body shot.
Neil misses with a wild combination.
Neil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bergstrem misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bergstrem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bergstrem throws a series of punches but Neil avoids them all with ease.
Neil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bergstrem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neil looks to land a combination. Bergstrem sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Bergstrem clinches up with Neil and pushes him back against the cage.
Bergstrem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Neil's face.
Bergstrem looking to throw knees to the head but Neil is blocking nicely.

Neil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neil is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bergstrem had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bergstrem takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Bergstrem is rocked!
Neil rushes Bergstrem and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Bergstrem is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Neil piles on the pressure and Bergstrem crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Neil!
Luke Neil thanked the fans post fight for their support.