PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hafir Dharris (ranked 3185 p4p, 3673 weight class) and Dingle Berry (ranked 406 p4p, 456 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dharris
vs
Berry

190 cm
19
205
3 - 2 - 1

190 cm
19
216
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hafir Dharris !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dingle Berry!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oooooh!!! Berry has knocked Dharris down with a huge combo! Berry steps away and waves a wobbly Dharris back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Hafir Dharris has been cut.

Dharris closes the distance and pushes Berry back into the cage.
Dharris slows down the pace here.
Dharris stalling.
Berry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dharris blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berry tries to break free but Dharris pushes him back against the cage.

Dharris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Berry gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dharris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dharris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berry is trying to keep Dharris in close.
Dharris working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dharris connects with a couple of short punches.
Berry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dharris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dharris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dharris is working Berry over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dharris 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.
Dharris wants to pass the guard but Berry is keeping the position.
Dharris throwing strikes from guard but Berry blocks nicely.
Dharris connects with a couple of short punches.
Berry looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dharris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Berry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dharris . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dharris throwing strikes but missing.
Dharris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dharris forces his way into half guard.
Berry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dharris .
Dharris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dharris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dharris scores with a couple of nice shots.
Berry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dharris .
Dharris landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Still in half guard, Dharris seems content to control.
Berry wants to get back to full guard.
Dharris thows a huge punch but Berry dodges it nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Berry can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dharris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Well, if Dharris is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dharris throwing shots but Berry is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dharris is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dharris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Berry makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Berry.
Dharris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dharris throwing strikes but missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hafir Dharris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hafir Dharris 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dharris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dharris shoots and misses
and Berry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dharris has his takedown stuffed
letting Berry counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hafir Dharris . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dingle Berry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Dharris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dharris .
Hafir Dharris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dharris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Berry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dharris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Berry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dharris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dharris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Berry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dharris landing with the ground and pound.
Dharris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dharris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dharris connects with a couple of short punches.
Berry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dharris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dharris is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dharris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Berry can do to turn this around?
Dharris forces his way into half guard.
Dharris landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dharris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dharris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dharris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Berry defending well though.
Dharris lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dharris scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Berry is rocked!
Dharris scores with a big shot! Berry's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Berry! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hafir Dharris !
An out of breath Hafir Dharris thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.